(Bangkok, 1st) – The Central Investigation Bureau of Thailand held a press conference yesterday to announce that the 'Anti-Online Fraud Operations Center' scored another success in the 'City Lockdown to Hunt Fraud Gangs' special operation, successfully arresting 24 members of a transnational fraud syndicate. The suspects are from the Philippines, Singapore, China, Malaysia, and other countries.
In this operation, police arrested 19 Filipino suspects. One was prosecuted for illegal entry, while the other 18 were charged with violating immigration law due to visa overstays.
Anti-Fraud Center Commander Nattasa of the Central Investigation Bureau indicated that intelligence analysis recently discovered members of a fraud syndicate sneaking into Thailand from neighboring countries to hide. He immediately instructed police to conduct a search and arrest operation in the border area of Samut Prakan province.
The operation began on October 29th, when police raided a luxury pool villa, discovering 22 foreigners staying at the premises, including individuals from the Philippines and Singapore. After investigation, two were found to have entered illegally, and another 17 had overstayed their visas. The suspects confessed that they had previously engaged in fraudulent activities in Myawaddy, Myanmar, and after the KK Park was bombed, they fled to Thailand, renting the villa as a temporary base for 200,000 baht, with plans to move on to Cambodia.
Three other foreign nationals were not found to have broken the law, but due to suspicious behavior, the Immigration Bureau recommended their visas be revoked. Later, based on the suspects' confessions, police traced the case to a five-star hotel in Bangkok, where they arrested two core members of the fraud syndicate, identified as 37-year-old Malaysian Chen Guolun and 33-year-old Chinese citizen Lu Lisi.
According to the police, five Malaysian suspects remain at large and a full-scale manhunt is underway.
Further investigations revealed that the mastermind behind the group is a Chinese man surnamed Lin, who previously ran three fraud companies—DBL1, DBL2, and DRS—in Myawaddy, Myanmar, specializing in 'investment scam' fraud targeting victims with Singaporean phone numbers.
Thai police are now working with law enforcement agencies from multiple countries to trace the flow of funds and the syndicate network, vowing to completely dismantle this transnational fraud ring.
Anti-Fraud Center Commander Nattasa of the Central Investigation Bureau indicated that intelligence analysis recently discovered members of a fraud syndicate sneaking into Thailand from neighboring countries to hide. He immediately instructed police to conduct a search and arrest operation in the border area of Samut Prakan province.
The operation began on October 29th, when police raided a luxury pool villa, discovering 22 foreigners staying at the premises, including individuals from the Philippines and Singapore. After investigation, two were found to have entered illegally, and another 17 had overstayed their visas. The suspects confessed that they had previously engaged in fraudulent activities in Myawaddy, Myanmar, and after the KK Park was bombed, they fled to Thailand, renting the villa as a temporary base for 200,000 baht, with plans to move on to Cambodia.
Three other foreign nationals were not found to have broken the law, but due to suspicious behavior, the Immigration Bureau recommended their visas be revoked. Later, based on the suspects' confessions, police traced the case to a five-star hotel in Bangkok, where they arrested two core members of the fraud syndicate, identified as 37-year-old Malaysian Chen Guolun and 33-year-old Chinese citizen Lu Lisi.
According to the police, five Malaysian suspects remain at large and a full-scale manhunt is underway.
Further investigations revealed that the mastermind behind the group is a Chinese man surnamed Lin, who previously ran three fraud companies—DBL1, DBL2, and DRS—in Myawaddy, Myanmar, specializing in 'investment scam' fraud targeting victims with Singaporean phone numbers.
Thai police are now working with law enforcement agencies from multiple countries to trace the flow of funds and the syndicate network, vowing to completely dismantle this transnational fraud ring.