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Briton, five Thai women arrested for investment scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2026
» A British man and five Thai women have been arrested for allegedly luring more than 400 Thai and foreign victims — many of them retirees in Pattaya — into an investment scam with promises of exorbitant stock trading returns.
Police bust Indian-run online black market in Pattaya
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2025
» Nineteen Indian nationals have been arrested at a residence in Pattaya, Chon Buri, where they operated a website selling contraband goods, according to the Immigration Bureau.
Foreigners linked to scams cuffed
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/12/2025
» Fourteen South Korean and three Chinese suspects linked to a major transnational call centre syndicate operated by South Koreans, who fled neighbouring countries to set up offices in Bangkok condominiums, have been arrested.
Raid nets 15 foreigners at Bangkok crypto scam site
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/11/2025
» Fifteen foreigners were apprehended when police raided a building off Soi Nuanchan in Bangkok, where they were seen using a website designed to lure victims into fraudulent cryptocurrency trading schemes.
Police send ‘AI deceiving AI’ scam alert
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/11/2025
» The Royal Thai Police has issued an urgent warning about a new scam tactic involving artificial intelligence, in which victims are unknowingly turned into money mules through AI-generated identity fraud.
Thai court issues warrant for arrest of Cambodian senator
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/11/2025
» The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Ly Yong Phat -- a Cambodian businessman with close ties to Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen -- and four of his associates for their alleged involvement in money laundering and online fraud, which led to a sweeping operation to seize assets allegedly linked to his transnational scam network on Sunday.
Bangkok police make record haul of smuggled Chinese cigarettes
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/10/2025
» A Chinese man has been arrested on charges of selling contraband cigarettes from China after police seized 65,000 packs in raids on a secret room at his residence and a deserted building in Bangkok.
Cops reveal how to spot scammers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has issued a public alert identifying four suspicious behaviours commonly associated with foreign-operated call centre scam rings that covertly establish operational bases in residential areas.
Japan agrees to help tackle phone scams
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/09/2025
» Osaka: Thai police will work with their counterparts in Japan to crack down on international call scammer gangs operating in the region, drawing on advanced technology and other advances to keep up with online crime.
Fake invoices used in multi-million-baht VAT refund fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/06/2025
» The Revenue Department (RD) and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) have jointly dismantled a major value-added tax (VAT) fraud ring that allegedly resulted in over 1 billion baht in losses to the state.