Bangkok: DSI detains ‘Kanokorn’, a suspect in a transnational crime network who set up a fake company, causing damages worth over 2 billion baht. The court denied bail and sent her to the Central Women’s Prison.

According to Thai News Agency, the Special Case Investigation Team, Technology and Information Case Division, Department of Special Investigation, brought Ms. Kanokorn (surname withheld), age 44, the accused in Special Case No. 118/2023, for detention at the Criminal Court. Ms. Kanokorn is a member of an international scam gang network who created over 2,000 websites to deceive people into buying products/services that do not actually exist, with damages worth over 2 billion baht. She is responsible for registering and setting up companies to use in fraud. She is accused of jointly participating in a transnational crime organization, jointly importing false computer data into the computer system in a manner that is likely to cause damage to the public and the country’s economic security, jointly defrauding the public by impersonating someone else, jointly laundering money, and jointly colluding by agreement of two or more people to commit money laundering. She was also found guilty of money laundering because
of the colluding. Officers were able to arrest her in Takua Pa Subdistrict, Phang Nga Province on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

The Special Case Investigation Team of the Department of Special Investigation submitted a request to the Criminal Court to detain the suspect and objected to bail. The court considered the case and ordered not to grant bail. The suspect was sent to the Central Women’s Correctional Institution for detention during the trial. The Special Case Investigation Team of the Technology and Information Division will continue the investigation to expand the results to other people involved in the network.