The administrator of the secretive ‘Dark Side Club‘ on the platform VK, has been arrested for sharing explicit content and promoting online gambling. He confessed to operating for several years, having earned up to 100,000 baht (US$2,892) per month at its peak. The arrest was conducted today by an esteemed team of Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers.

 

RTP officers, armed with a warrant issued by the Petchaburi Provincial Court, searched a residence located in Khao Yoi district, Petchaburi province. This led to the arrest of 27 year old Akaranan for alleged data transmission, with him accused of making data of obscene nature accessible to the public. He also reportedly induced or assisted in advertising or soliciting others directly or indirectly to gamble in unauthorised games. A single mobile phone and two SIM cards were confiscated during the operation.

 

The Internet Juvenile Protection section discovered a VK Application group, which posted explicit content and concealed online gambling promotions. The group, accessible to the public without any protective passwords or invitations, had more than 50,000 followers. The arrested individual was identified as the group’s administrator, reported KhaoSod.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of pikisuperstar, Freepik

 

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The ultimate gamble - risking your liberty doing illicit online stuff for max ฿100k a month? This goes right into the "dumb criminals" file.

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

had more than 50,000 followers.

just another reason for legalising - and taxing - gambling here

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The arrest was conducted today by an esteemed team of Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers.

"Esteemed team of RTP"? Who wrote this drivel?

1 hour ago, mstevens said:

"Esteemed team of RTP"? Who wrote this drivel?

Auto-correct, was meant to write "steaming pile of RTP"