What would you do in this situation - gambling addicted minor son

[PhuketAmerican]

What would you do in this situation

Wife and I live in USA,  I lived in Phuket 2011-2020.  Stepson is 17, almost 18, in a fairly expensive yacht mechanic training program finished in April.

He and his gf live in my 3bdrm townhouse in a modest gated community in Phuket while we both work in the USA since 2021 after I lost my job in Phuket.

I recently learned that he stole and sold 10 baht weight ~5oz basically all his mothers gold jewelry we saved over years and gambled it away on online Baccarat.  He also drained my father in laws savings of 26000 baht.

All internet capable devices have been secured, car titles and keys secured, and he is not allowed to go anywhere but school and home while I make my next step.

I don't want to pull him from the school term where he was doing well, and started making a tourist visa application today because his mother wants him in the USA under her eye and then apply for Green Card here.  It took me 3 years to get GC so I'm scared to apply that first, and will go for the visa.

Anyone else dealt with anything like this?  His late 50s grandparents, my inlaws are coming to stay at the house 5 nights/week now.  They are peasants though and scared of "ghosts" in my big home and also don't know how to take care of it.

Really upset and my wife is distraught, he is an only child and never acted out, did drugs, or drank before.  But apparently is a compulsive gambler now at age 17.

 

Is there anything like gamblers anonymous for Thais or counseling available? He has decent insurance we pay for. 

 

We cannot go to Thailand until mid April due to work constraints.

[CharlieH]

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