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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.
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.
Police nab IT executives accused of VAT evasion
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/09/2025
» Economic Crime Suppression Division police arrested two IT company executives yesterday for allegedly defrauding over 70 million baht in value-added tax (VAT).
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.
Singaporean arrested at airport departure on B5m VAT evasion charge
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/06/2025
» A Singaporean businessman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport as he was about to board an outbound flight, for alleged evasion of 5 million baht in value-added tax.
Japanese phone scam crims arrested in Pattaya
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2024
» PATTAYA - Immigration police have arrested five Japanese men allegedly operating a call scam centre that has been defrauding elderly Japanese out of about 5 million baht a day.
iCon fraud victims can claim assets
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/11/2024
» Victims of the scandal-hit The iCon Group can now regain their assets from the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo), the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday.
Frozen assets delay The iCon Group dealers' travel refunds
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/11/2024
» The iCon Group, the direct sales company at the centre of an alleged public fraud scam, has refused to refund its dealers' cancelled trips, saying all its assets have been frozen.
DSI to handle ‘Mae Tuck’ gold case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/10/2024
» Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong has agreed to have the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) accept the high-profile fraud case against the celebrity online retailer Kornkanok “Mae Tuck” Suwannabut, as a special case to speed up its resolution.
Online gold sellers face fraud rap
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/09/2024
» Many people are looking to file a police complaint against a high-profile online retailer who allegedly sold substandard gold jewellery to customers.