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'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.
Police amass evidence in bribery case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/12/2025
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) says it has gathered substantial evidence in a high-profile bribery case involving former deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn, with senior police officials set to brief the media on Jan 5.
Drug network assets seized
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/12/2025
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) yesterday ordered the temporary seizure of an additional 20 million baht in assets connected to the "Black Mirror TKP" drug trafficking and money laundering network, whose financial transactions were traced to a former People's Party (PP) Bangkok constituency candidate.
Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Elderly warned of festive scam threat
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/12/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) have issued an urgent warning to retired government officials and senior citizens to be on high alert for online scams during the year-end period.
Rapper ‘Way Thaitanium’ acknowledges fraud charges linked to actress wife
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/12/2025
» Rapper Prinya “Way Thaitabnium” Intachai reported to police at the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) on Friday to acknowledge fraud charges filed against him and his actress wife, Rybena “Nana” Intachai, after a businessman accused the couple of deceiving him into transferring 14 million baht.
Tougher action vowed against scams, no leniency says Anutin
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/12/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday promised that his government would continuously expand its scam suppression after the huge seizure of assets worth about 10 billion baht from major suspects linked to Cambodia.
Actress Rybena 'Nana' arrested for fraudulent borrowing
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/12/2025
» Police arrested actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai at her home in Watthana district of Bangkok on Wednesday morning for alleged fraudulent borrowing.
Swedish arson fugitive arrested in Pattaya
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/11/2025
» PATTAYA - Police have arrested a Swedish fugitive accused of burning down a building in his home country who had been hiding in Pattaya using fake German identification documents.