Cyber ??police launch ‘Aran 710’ operation to raid suppliers, find mule accounts sent to Chinese investors in Poipet, and cut off the cycle of online crime.
Police officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division 2 arrested Ms. Sunma, 19 years old, Mr. Uthai, 44 years old, and Mr. Manop, from Nakhon Ratchasima Province, who were wanted on an arrest warrant from the Nonthaburi Provincial Court for ‘jointly defrauding the public and corruption or deceiving by entering false computer data into the computer system in a manner likely to cause damage.’ The arrest of 3 suspects who opened an account and received facial scans to withdraw money from the account of Ms. Sudarat, 28 years old, from Nakhon Phanom Province, who worked as a traditional massage therapist, after she jumped off a ferry while the ferry was sailing from Nonthaburi Pier to Bang Sri Muang Pier, where she sank in the middle of the Chao Phraya River and died. She was stressed after applying for a job to click like to earn extra income and w
as tricked by a call center gang into investing before using tricks to trick her into transferring money between September 5-6, 2024, a total of 8 times, until her account ran out of more than 338,000 baht. The lost money was prepared to redeem the mortgaged land title deed, until the evening of the same day. Decided to end his own life
The three suspects who were arrested stated that there were still other perpetrators in this case, which was a network that provided mule accounts and facilitated the opening of mule accounts. The investigators therefore collected evidence and expanded the search to target houses in 3 locations in Sa Kaeo Province. The first location was a house in Ban Mai Nong Sai Subdistrict, Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province, where Mr. Akkharadet, aged 34, and Ms. Siwata, aged 36, were arrested. The second location was a search of a house in Phan Suk Subdistrict, Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province, where Mr. Boonchom, aged 36, Ms. Ketsuda, and Ms. Sunari, aged 33, were arreste
d. The third location was Huai Chot Subdistrict, Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo Province, where Mr. Pitawat, aged 22, was arrested. The police believe that these 3 locations were the command centers, and there may be evidence of electronic devices and evidence related to the arrangement of bank accounts.
The investigation found that this gang has clear division of duties, both finding people who want to earn income from being hired to open mule accounts, producing and opening online accounts with various banks using the initial account from the person provided in the beginning and using a banking app with a new phone, with the account opening person being the one to scan the face and verify their identity and opening them according to the orders received from the Chinese investor, stating what type of account and how many, delivering them when the account is opened or the phone information is completed, delivering the newly made phone and sending the people to the Chinese investor in Poipet, digital asset
accounts will be created to cross the border from Thailand, there are 2 types of accounts: 1. Accounts that die slowly 2. Accounts that die quickly, the broker finds people as requested and receives a brokerage share of 3,000 baht per person, the mule account sellers get 2,500 baht per account, and if any mule account sellers have a passbook (Slow death accounts) will receive 8,000 baht per account and the broker can open a limited partnership account for 100,000 baht per account. Mr. Akkharadet and Ms. Sivata will take them across to a neighboring country and receive them back to Thailand when the account dies, receiving cash according to the amount stated. For this case, arrest warrants have been issued for 10 people, 9 have been arrested, and 1 more is being tracked down.
Source: Thai News Agency