Pictures courtesy of Khaosod 

 

Immigration police at Don Mueang Airport arrested a Chinese national as he attempted to leave Thailand, acting on an outstanding warrant issued by the Criminal Court on 13 June 2025. The suspect, identified as Da Qiang, was travelling on an Elite Visa and is accused of involvement in an online fraud and money-laundering network. Officers immediately took him into custody and escorted him to his Bangkok residence for a search that yielded phones, bank cards, SIM cards and extensive financial records.

 

The investigation began in late March when a victim reported being lured into what appeared to be a legitimate e-commerce opportunity advertised on Facebook. The individual was added to a LINE group of more than 700 members, where a small initial sale for 1,420 baht appeared genuine and encouraged further engagement. The scammers then directed the target to a fake “SELLER CENTER” website and imposed increasingly costly conditions for withdrawing the accumulated funds.

 

As the fraud progressed, the victim was transferred to a smaller LINE group called “Store Visibility Activation,” where they were instructed to pay upfront fees supposedly linked to inventory circulation. The fraudulent website showed realistic transaction data, giving the impression that balances were increasing and only minor issues prevented withdrawals. The victim ultimately lost more than 2.9 million baht after repeated demands for additional payments, none of which enabled access to the funds.

 

Police investigations uncovered a vast network involving 34 suspects, 10 Chinese nationals and 24 Thai citizens, spanning roles from financiers and operators to mule account handlers and withdrawal coordinators. Arrests were made in two phases on 8 April and 7 May 2025, with officers detaining 28 suspects and seizing 12 laptops, 64 mobile phones and assets worth over 6 million baht. Further scrutiny identified Da Qiang as a key money launderer, responsible for converting USDT into Thai baht and Chinese yuan and distributing funds throughout the criminal organisation.

 

Financial records show that over an 18-month period, he processed more than 330 million baht in cryptocurrency linked to multiple call centre fraud schemes. During interrogation, he denied wrongdoing but admitted operating digital wallets and undertaking currency exchanges on instructions from Chinese clients. Police have retained all seized evidence and transferred him to prosecutors for legal proceedings.

 

Khoasod reported that authorities say the arrest marks a significant advance in dismantling transnational scam operations operating in Thailand. They emphasise that the case continues to develop as investigators trace financial flows and identify remaining suspects. Further legal proceedings and asset-tracing efforts are expected in the coming months.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Immigration police arrested Chinese national Da Qiang at Don Mueang Airport under a June 2025 warrant.

• He is accused of laundering more than 330 million baht for a multi-layered scam network.

• Police have transferred him to prosecutors while continuing wider investigations.

 

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  Adapted  by  Asean  Now from Khaosod 2025-11-16

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The individual was added to a LINE group of more than 700 members, where a small initial sale for 1,420 baht appeared genuine and encouraged further engagement. The scammers then directed the target to a fake “SELLER CENTER” website and imposed increasingly costly conditions for withdrawing the accumulated funds.

People must be really stupid to pay more money so they can access money they already paid. 

I do not think i will ever understand why people do not act and file reports about scams like this until they have lost millions of baht. I would be at the police station after the first demand to send more money to access the money I already sent. 

On 11/16/2025 at 7:04 AM, thesetat said:

People must be really stupid to pay more money so they can access money they already paid. 

I do not think i will ever understand why people do not act and file reports about scams like this until they have lost millions of baht. I would be at the police station after the first demand to send more money to access the money I already sent. 

Greed...

...about a year ago, some Thai girl I met on a dating site pretended to be in Singapore as an account operator for a web shopping site, making lots of money & listing lots of stuff. She tried to get me involved but I cut her off and ran for my life. It was probably an Indian scam  call centre. Be careful out there .....they want your Peso..

A few years ago I had a hot sounding woman trying it on, claiming she was a St Louis police officer chasing a money laundering operation.  As I've been to STL about 15 times it didn't take long to trip her up, although I did string it along for a few weeks just for sht and giggles.

 

I told my local police about it (hence the stringing along); apparently it was actually a fat Chinese bloke in Shenzhen.