Bangkok: ‘Warroom IAC’ operation launched an offensive to seize the money back from victims, getting a 32.25% refund. Pol. Gen. Thatchai Pitaneelabut, Inspector-General of the Royal Thai Police and Commander of the International Anti-Scam and Human Trafficking Syndicate Command Center (IAC), was assigned by Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panpetch, National Police Chief, to announce the results of the operations of the Royal Thai Police’s “Warroom IAC” in the network crackdown, account suspension, and recovery of victims’ money under the “MONEY CASH BACK” operation. The announcement was attended by Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwpaen, Commander of the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD)/TCSD advisor, Pol. Maj. Gen. Siriwat Deepo, Commander of TCSD Division 1, Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarayut Junnawat, Commander of TCSD Division 2, and relevant officials at the “Warroom IAC” room at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters.
According to Thai News Agency, Pol. Gen. Thachchai has been driving the “Warroom IAC” in collaboration with national and international security and financial agencies, including UNODC, FBI, and Interpol, as well as law enforcement agencies from various countries, to address the call center gang problem in an integrated manner. The “Warroom IAC” operations, in which police officers and financial and banking departments of various financial institutions collaborated, were able to investigate and freeze accounts of cases submitted to the warroom. From August 4 to September 10, 2025, 582 cases were submitted to the warroom, with a total damage value of 335,932,861 baht. Of the warroom’s operations, 267 cases (45.88%) were frozen, with assets valued at 108,329,038 baht (32.25%). A total of 90 suspects were arrested (65 Thais and 25 foreigners), arrest warrants were issued for 47 individuals, and two unidentified victims were rescued.
The “MONEY CASH BACK” project has already been implemented 40 times, totaling over 239 million baht. Most recently, we were able to track down the money of victims who were tricked into transferring money, and were able to proceed with the process, resulting in the return of money to three more victims.
In the first case, a victim was scammed through a Facebook page that falsely claimed to be Dr. Phongsak Thammathatcharee, encouraging investments in a group called ‘MARKET MASTERMIND 26.’ The victim transferred funds totaling 12,650,000 baht, and later realized the scam. The authorities froze 1,000,000 baht in the account of one suspect, Mr. Natthaphat.
In the second case, another victim was led to invest through a Facebook page under the account name ‘Dr.Tiraphong’ and ended up transferring 2,335,484.82 baht. The police were able to freeze 598,041.82 baht in the account of suspect Mr. Supinid.
The third case involved a victim transferring a total of 2,319,729.40 baht under the guise of joining a Line group for selling secondhand clothing. The police froze 399,527.20 baht in the account of suspect Mr. Suphawat, who agreed to return the funds to the victim.
Today, Pol. Gen. Thachchai, along with officers from the case monitoring team, returned 1,997,569.02 baht to the three victims under the “MONEY Cash Back” project of the International Anti-Scam and Human Trafficking Syndicate Command Center (IAC). This “MONEY Cash Back” operation will continue to disrupt the call center gangs and help victims who have been deceived into transferring more money.