Picture courtesy of Matichon.

 

A 34-year-old Thai woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport upon returning to the country, following a warrant issued in connection with a major online gambling and money laundering network.

 

Police Lieutenant General Cherngron Rimpadee, Commander of Immigration Division 2, revealed that the arrest was made as part of a broader directive from Police Lieutenant General Phanumart Boonlakham, Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, to strengthen scrutiny of individuals with outstanding arrest warrants entering or leaving Thailand.

 

On the afternoon of 24 May, officers from the Immigration Bureau’s Investigation and Suppression Division (Division 2), in coordination with the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and the immigration checkpoint at Suvarnabhumi Airport, apprehended Ms. Chatupapha aged 34, as she arrived on Thai Airways flight TG551 from Ho Chi Minh City.

 

She was wanted under Criminal Court warrant no. 1101/2566, dated 10 April 2023, on multiple serious charges, including “organising illegal online gambling, conspiracy to commit money laundering and participating in money laundering activities.”

 

Ms. Chatupapha is alleged to be part of a criminal syndicate operating illegal online gambling platforms between 2016 and 2017. Well-known sites such as SBOBET, IBCBET, FIFA55, and AMBBET were reportedly used in the operation.

 

Investigators also discovered financial evidence linking her to suspicious transfers of funds, including a transaction of 1.5 million baht received from so-called “mule accounts” connected to the gambling network.

 

Following her arrest, Ms. Chatupapha was taken to the Immigration Division’s operations centre before being handed over to officers from the Crime Suppression Division’s Division 3 for legal proceedings.

 

Authorities continue to investigate the wider network and further arrests are expected as the probe progresses.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-05-25.

 

 

 

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Sneaking back in was a bad idea

Small money still waiting for MLO on their big cases.

11 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Sneaking back in was a bad idea

If she'd come in via a land border crossing like near Poi Pet, I'd have agreed to the "sneaking back", but Bangkok, that's like putting a chicken in front of an crocodile, don't ya think?  Anyway, doesn't matter, she got caught, 'Bless her heart'.