Photographer arrested for obscene content on OnlyFans, earns over 2 million baht

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Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

by Bright Choomanee 

 

A well-known photographer, 46 year old Thanakrit, was apprehended by the Metropolitan Investigation Bureau for distributing obscene images and videos of models on the subscription platform OnlyFans, reportedly earning over 2 million baht (US$57,590). The photographer, known by the nickname Ohm, has previously faced charges of obscenity.

 

The arrest followed a complaint from a model, who alleged that the photographer had coerced her into participating and later discovered her images online.

 

Yesterday, January 11, senior officials, including Police Lieutenant General Siam Boonsom, oversaw the operation. The arrest took place at Thanakrit’s residence in a notable village on Ekkachai Road, Bang Bon district, Bangkok.

 

The accused was charged under Section 287 of the Criminal Code, which penalises those who produce, distribute, or display obscene materials. Further charges under the Computer Crime Act of 2007 were also levied.

Thanakrit’s home doubled as a photography studio, where he allegedly captured and distributed lascivious content. Upon searching the premises with a court warrant from the Thonburi Criminal Court, police found evidence, including a Samsung smartphone and computer equipment.

 

The devices contained numerous obscene images, some linked to his OnlyFans account, accessible to subscribers for a fee.

 

Upon interrogation, Thanakrit admitted to operating on OnlyFans for approximately three years, generating significant income. The police have detained him for further legal proceedings at Bang Bon police station.

 

Police Major General Theeradej Thamsutee, Head of the Investigation Bureau, urged caution among models and modelling agencies. He advised thorough discussions regarding contracts and shooting details, recommending bringing a companion to shoots to ensure safety, reported KhaoSod.

 

He warned against trusting photographers without adequate verification, stressing the importance of safeguarding one’s future over financial incentives.

 

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

In related news, Thai police arrested a 46 year old prominent photographer for selling explicit images of models on VK and OnlyFans, earning him hundreds of thousands of baht monthly. He was previously arrested in 2020 for lewd acts involving victims.

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-01-13

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

[kingstonkid]

The challenge is tht so many girls want to be famous and make money with their bodies as either Pretties, bar girls or models that they will do anything.

 

Personally I think if a person wants t do a page to make money then it is a good thing.  let them do it as long as they are respetful and don't film outside in the parks or public beaches.

 

Thai governemtn can not tax this so they want to outlaw it.  This is too bad but again we hae to treat the people of Thailand like little children and protect them as such.  

 

 

[newbee2022]

11 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Thai governemtn can not tax this so they want to outlaw it

Really. Laughable I think🤗. That's not the reason. RTP is just exercise the present law.

[newbee2022]

13 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

treat the people of Thailand like little children

And you feel like a superior because you don't understand Thai culture and attitudes.😵‍💫

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

Thailand does seem to work in reverse sometimes.

[Wrwest]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

After being in Thailand for a few months, I had wondered if the anti-porn, sex toy laws/regulations were not to protect P2P.

[NativeBob]

Thailand is leading OF maybe just tailing after US and Poland. 

If Prague is world capitol of p0rn, than TH is the leader of webcam performers. 

Good they make hefty sums of money

[Nick Carter icp]

8 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

Thailand is leading OF maybe just tailing after US and Poland. 

If Prague is world capitol of p0rn, than TH is the leader of webcam performers. 

Good they make hefty sums of money

 

   Where did you get that info from , about Thais being the leader of webcam performers ?

[Dave0206]

Doesn't it read like he has duped the girls with god knows what promises and rather than our perceived idea of only fans income going to models he is pocketing the money or am I miss reading?

[ronster]

Do they need help studying the evidence ? 🤔

[Watawattana]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The photographer, known by the nickname Ohm, has previously faced charges of obscenity.

 

With a name like that, shouldn't he also be charged with resisting arrest?  

 

Apologies to any non-electricians here...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm

[DarthChuckler]

4 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

The challenge is tht so many girls want to be famous and make money with their bodies as either Pretties, bar girls or models that they will do anything.

 

Personally I think if a person wants t do a page to make money then it is a good thing.  let them do it as long as they are respetful and don't film outside in the parks or public beaches.

 

Thai governemtn can not tax this so they want to outlaw it.  This is too bad but again we hae to treat the people of Thailand like little children and protect them as such.  

 

 

More money and no STD from only fans. So better for girls then bar work. Of course men want them at bars instead.

[JemJem]

Holy gee. Just look at the amounts of money mentioned in the original post. Sex really DOES sell 🙂 And, in this case, it is not even necessarily sex itself, but X and R rated stuff 🙂

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

Yeah, I made the same comment in another thread.

I wonder if it's because the authorities are not getting revenue from this online stuff. 

 

[Srikcir]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

distributing obscene images and videos of models on the subscription platform OnlyFans

 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The accused was charged under Section 287 of the Criminal Code, which penalises those who produce, distribute, or display obscene materials.

"INDECENCY ON THE INTERNET AS A CHALLENGE TO THAI LAW," by Alexander Shytov

https://www.thailawforum.com/articles/indecency-challenge-thailaw.html

• "According to Section 287 of Thai Penal Code “Whoever (1) for the purpose of trade of trade or by trade, for public distribution or exhibition"
• "carries on trade, or takes part or participates in the trade concerning the aforesaid obscene material or thing, distributes or exhibits to the public" (my bold emphasis)

Whereas "OnlyFans is the 18 + subscription platform (for a fee) empowering creators to own their full potential, monetize their content, and develop authentic connections with their fans (Only Fans, get it?)."

13 hours ago, webfact said:

apprehended by the Metropolitan Investigation Bureau for distributing obscene images and videos of models on the subscription platform OnlyFans

How is the public damaged by a private subscription only platform? It isn't in the subject case.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest followed a complaint from a model, who alleged that the photographer had coerced her into participating and later discovered her images online.

 

That's a civil case. Police are to enforce criminal laws following the Penal Code. Allegation is irrelevant to law enforcement and arrest. Was the model held against her permission, raped, threatened with violence, etc. that are aspects of criminal acts? No evidence or allegations were produced.

 

[Justanotherone]

nice job, to surf  OF as a job

[kingstonkid]

21 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Really. Laughable I think🤗. That's not the reason. RTP is just exercise the present law.

 

21 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

And you feel like a superior because you don't understand Thai culture and attitudes.😵‍💫

I've been her long enough to see the hypocrisy in the Thai culture.

 

this is the same culture and government that says in the news we are going to show there is no prostituion on walking street announces whenthey are going togo there and loudly proclaims to the media with them that as they have seen there are no prostitutes on walking street let alone any scantily clad ladies or bargirls. An hour after the media and the police an government have left it is back to normal.

 

Itis a country where mom in issaan is quite happy at the end of the month when her daughter sends her 5ooo baht which the money that she made as a waitress in a restaurant.

 

Thai culture is one thing but when you look at it it is the same as a lot of religions in that is has it's faults and they are starting to show.

 

 

A girl can get on a stage and stand moving from one foot to another and be called a dancer.  It is ok that she then goes to a table and massages the customer and goes with him for bar fine and 3k.

 

If this was a true bhuddist country there would not be scantily clad ladies working in bars for money.

 

There would not be Pretties that go to parties as eye candy and to get drunk.

 

Notice tha the country was up in arms about ilegal online gambling.  BUT a lot of people do it.  

 

Now even though they say it is bad and it hurts families what is the government doing legalizing it for the eliltes to make more money.

 

If online gambling is so bad and we know it is because of the addiction and money that is spent families ruined then what is so bad about a person that goes online in a private forum that does not allow underage and creates a living for the girl other than working at bars.

 

Would you rather have your daughter doing only fans or would you be happier if she worked in a bar?

 

 

[newbee2022]

3 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

 

I've been her long enough to see the hypocrisy in the Thai culture.

 

this is the same culture and government that says in the news we are going to show there is no prostituion on walking street announces whenthey are going togo there and loudly proclaims to the media with them that as they have seen there are no prostitutes on walking street let alone any scantily clad ladies or bargirls. An hour after the media and the police an government have left it is back to normal.

 

Itis a country where mom in issaan is quite happy at the end of the month when her daughter sends her 5ooo baht which the money that she made as a waitress in a restaurant.

 

Thai culture is one thing but when you look at it it is the same as a lot of religions in that is has it's faults and they are starting to show.

 

 

A girl can get on a stage and stand moving from one foot to another and be called a dancer.  It is ok that she then goes to a table and massages the customer and goes with him for bar fine and 3k.

 

If this was a true bhuddist country there would not be scantily clad ladies working in bars for money.

 

There would not be Pretties that go to parties as eye candy and to get drunk.

 

Notice tha the country was up in arms about ilegal online gambling.  BUT a lot of people do it.  

 

Now even though they say it is bad and it hurts families what is the government doing legalizing it for the eliltes to make more money.

 

If online gambling is so bad and we know it is because of the addiction and money that is spent families ruined then what is so bad about a person that goes online in a private forum that does not allow underage and creates a living for the girl other than working at bars.

 

Would you rather have your daughter doing only fans or would you be happier if she worked in a bar?

 

 

I understand pretty well what you write here.

You describe Thai reality. And this is something to accept or leave Thailand.

I don't think our Western culture is something to copy nor I want to copy Thai culture.

When GIs came first time to Thailand to "relax", using poor young Thai girls for their sexual needs the whole country started to change. 

You can't turn the wheel back. But trying to educate or accusing or complaining doesn't make it better

[kingstonkid]

5 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

I understand pretty well what you write here.

You describe Thai reality. And this is something to accept or leave Thailand.

I don't think our Western culture is something to copy nor I want to copy Thai culture.

When GIs came first time to Thailand to "relax", using poor young Thai girls for their sexual needs the whole country started to change. 

You can't turn the wheel back. But trying to educate or accusing or complaining doesn't make it better

While I agree that there may have been a few GI that gave teh story of yes I will be back and we can get married  rot.  I think that most of these young or old thai women saw a way to makle their lives better financially by looking after a GI for a week while he was here.  

 

It is no different here now with thetourists that come here.  A guy comes here he does not want the bar scene or a different bar girl every night  so he finds a lady either on a date site or by other means possibly a bar girls and they spend the week together.  She gets free meals, clothes and enteratinment along with sleeping in a nice bed in a nice hotel  and of course money to help mother that is ill.

 

Had a friend in the 90's that used to come to thailand for his 2 week holiday.  Once he knew his dates he emailed a lady her that drove moto taxi.  Told her the dates and she met him at the airport and spent the 2 weeks with him travelling around thailand.  At the end of the time he would give her 10k for her sick aunt and come back.  The only thing she had to show was recent medical check up that she was clean.   He was under no illusions that she had other friends like him

 

 

[newbee2022]

2 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

While I agree that there may have been a few GI that gave teh story of yes I will be back and we can get married  rot.  I think that most of these young or old thai women saw a way to makle their lives better financially by looking after a GI for a week while he was here.  

 

It is no different here now with thetourists that come here.  A guy comes here he does not want the bar scene or a different bar girl every night  so he finds a lady either on a date site or by other means possibly a bar girls and they spend the week together.  She gets free meals, clothes and enteratinment along with sleeping in a nice bed in a nice hotel  and of course money to help mother that is ill.

 

Had a friend in the 90's that used to come to thailand for his 2 week holiday.  Once he knew his dates he emailed a lady her that drove moto taxi.  Told her the dates and she met him at the airport and spent the 2 weeks with him travelling around thailand.  At the end of the time he would give her 10k for her sick aunt and come back.  The only thing she had to show was recent medical check up that she was clean.   He was under no illusions that she had other friends like him

 

 

Yes, I agree so far. When I came my first time to Thailand, every Hotel got special brochures on top or under the counter showing girls offering holiday times as a hostess.

Nowadays students at universities offer their body for a new iPhone or scooter or something else.

Downturn of culture?

[kingstonkid]

11 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Yes, I agree so far. When I came my first time to Thailand, every Hotel got special brochures on top or under the counter showing girls offering holiday times as a hostess.

Nowadays students at universities offer their body for a new iPhone or scooter or something else.

Downturn of culture?

hey the uni girl thing is ot just Thai there are girls in Canada that work in strip clubs or have sugar daddies that look after them.  It is just good business really.  They get the education the jewlery and the bling and walk out with not student debt.

 

But again I ask you which is worse a girl that basically rents her body for sex and an education or a girl tht goes on a private site and shows her body and gets paid for pervs like us to look at her.

 

Last time I checked you can't get VD or aids on a website.

[NativeBob]

17 hours ago, Justanotherone said:

nice job, to surf  OF as a job

yep. Cyber Crime Division. Elite Police force. 

(mostly kids, cousins and close relatives of senior officers)

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/13/2025 at 6:02 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

No hypocrisy, at all, the P4P industry is also illegal.

[richard_smith237]

53 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

On 1/13/2025 at 2:02 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

It has to be the ultimate hypocrisy that Thailand penalises pornography while it has a massive P4P industry.

No hypocrisy, at all, the P4P industry is also illegal.

 

Of course its hypocrisy...  undeniably its puritanical hypocrisy at its finest.

 

If the authorities are truly committed to cracking down on such activities, they should start by shutting down major hubs like Nana, Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Chokchai 4, Walking Street, Bangla Road, and countless other similar areas nationwide, along with the myriad of massage venues that operate openly.

 

Until they take decisive action against these well-known establishments, singling out smaller-scale enterprises is blatantly hypocritical.

 

However, the authorities are fully aware that these hotspots are significant tourist attractions and play a crucial role in boosting the economy. It’s no secret that they deliberately “turn a blind eye” to these activities - and for good reason. The economic impact of such areas is undeniable.

 

Yet, targeting independent individuals, models and photographers, who exercise self-empowerment by being in control of their own work and earnings is not only hypocritical but also unjust.

These individuals exemplify autonomy and self-reliance, and the selective enforcement against them reeks of inconsistency and misplaced priorities.

 

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/14/2025 at 4:17 PM, richard_smith237 said:

f the authorities are truly committed to cracking down on such activities, they should start by shutting down major hubs like Nana, Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Chokchai 4, Walking Street, Bangla Road, and countless other similar areas nationwide

Since when have go-go bars been illegal?

[it is what it is]

 

he should have invested in a vpn

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

On 1/14/2025 at 12:17 PM, richard_smith237 said:

f the authorities are truly committed to cracking down on such activities, they should start by shutting down major hubs like Nana, Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Chokchai 4, Walking Street, Bangla Road, and countless other similar areas nationwide

Since when have go-go bars been illegal?

 

Yawn....  You're going don't that silly pedantic rabbit hole and clinging on to the incredulous again LL...    

 

Nakedness in the gogo bars is illegal, so is the prostitution that goes on in them - but you knew that already....

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Nakedness in the gogo bars is illegal, so is the prostitution that goes on in them - but you knew that already....

I'll concede the nakedness part but prostitution doesn't generally go on in go-go bars, that happens outside in the girls private time.   Leaving work with someone and not having paid-for sex while doing so is not prostitution. Prostitution requires having paid-for sex and that is not a feature of the vast majority of go-go bars - but you should know that already.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/14/2025 at 4:17 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Yet, targeting independent individuals, models and photographers, who exercise self-empowerment by being in control of their own work and earnings is not only hypocritical but also unjust.

But "self-empowerment by being in control of their own work and earnings" is not what the case in the OP is about!...

"The arrest followed a complaint from a model, who alleged that the photographer had coerced her into participating and later discovered her images online".