Picture courtesy of Matichon.

 

In a midday operation, Thai police arrested three suspects inside a Bangkok bank on charges linked to an online investment scam that saw nearly five million baht withdrawn in a single day.

 

The arrests were carried out by officers from the Central Investigation Bureau, led by Pol. Col. Phattharapol Patamawong and Pol. Col. Krit Worathat, in coordination with the cyber fraud investigation team of the Economic Crime Suppression Division and digital crime prevention officers from Siam Commercial Bank.

 

The suspects, identified as Ms. Apatcha 23, Mr. Thanet 45 and Mr. Suriya 41, were apprehended in Bangkok and Samut Prakan on warrants issued by the Criminal Court. They face charges of public fraud and inputting false information into a computer system likely to cause public harm.

 

The case came to light after Siam Commercial Bank flagged a series of unusually large cash withdrawals made from several of its Bangkok branches. Investigations revealed that the funds had been transferred from victims tricked via social media into investing in a fake online platform promising high returns.

 

The suspects had reserved cash withdrawals in advance, prompting the bank to assign a surveillance team to monitor suspicious activity. Authorities say Ms. Apatcha served as the “money mule,” while Mr. Thanet supervised the cash withdrawals. Officers moved in once the pair attempted to withdraw approximately 4.9 million baht from one of the bank’s branches.

 

Further investigation led police to Mr. Suriya, who was allegedly responsible for redistributing the withdrawn cash into a network of accounts used to launder the illicit funds.

 

During questioning, Ms. Apatcha admitted to opening mule accounts and withdrawing money in exchange for 2,000 baht per transaction. Mr. Thanet and Mr. Suriya also confessed, stating they received around 5–5.5% of the total withdrawn amounts as commission.

 

All three have been handed over to the Economic Crime Suppression Division for prosecution, while efforts are underway to track down other members of the criminal network.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-07-29

 

 

 

After the 50k daily transfer limit was put in place, this is a major way to get scammed money. Good on the 50k limit and good work catching them, or at least part of them. I'm sure he'll grass...

Now known as the money ass gang 🤔

On 7/29/2025 at 5:20 AM, gargamon said:

After the 50k daily transfer limit was put in place, this is a major way to get scammed money. Good on the 50k limit and good work catching them, or at least part of them. I'm sure he'll grass...

What "B50k daily transfer limit"?  App transfer limits are set by the customer and are not necessarily limited to B50k, those who have not set up facial recognition excepted.

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What "B50k daily transfer limit"?  App transfer limits are set by the customer and are not necessarily limited to B50k, those who have not set up facial recognition excepted.

Yes true, my limit is 1 million set by me.