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Contractor nabbed for posing as anti-graft fixer
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/03/2026
» A construction contractor posing as a well-connected fixer has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort millions of baht from a senior government official by claiming he could influence a ruling by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
40 election complaints under review
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/03/2026
» The Office of the Ombudsman is reviewing 40 complaints related to the Feb 8 general election and will determine whether any cases should be forwarded to the Constitutional Court, Chief Ombudsman Songsak Saicheua said on Wednesday.
Northern Irish man arrested for credit-card hacking case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/02/2026
» A 50-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested in Bangkok’s On Nut area after evaded authorities for more than two years over credit card hacking offences that caused nearly 2 million baht in damages.
17 Chinese sneaking into Thailand arrested at Bangkok hotel
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/02/2026
» Seventeen Chinese nationals were arrested at a Bangkok hotel on Tuesday after entering Thailand illegally from Cambodia, having fled the neighbouring country after scam centres were reportedly shut down.
Assets seized in online gambling case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/01/2026
» Police have seized assets worth more than five million baht in a follow-up investigation into an online gambling network during a search at a luxury house in Bangkok.
Thais can now petition online to remove harmful sexual content
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2026
» Thai citizens can now petition digitally for the removal of online pornography they deem personally harmful via the “Take it down” channel on the Court Integral Online Service (CIOS), which was launched on Monday.
'Mule' accounts proliferate
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2026
» The term "mule account" -- once obscure, now widely recognised -- has become synonymous with financial crime in Thailand.
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.
Thai citizenship-for-sale ring busted in Chiang Mai
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/01/2026
» Six officials, including two deputy district chiefs, have been arrested in Chiang Mai for allegedly falsifying permanent residency documents to grant Thai nationality to foreigners, mostly Chinese.
Meta targets AI-driven scams in Asia
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2025
» Meta has released its latest Adversarial Threat Report, outlining large-scale efforts to combat online scams across the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region and address the growing threat of AI-enabled criminal activity, while working closely with law enforcement agencies in multiple countries.