Thai Economic Crime Suppression Division police have arrested a 29-year-old woman in Nakhon Pathom, alleging she managed deposits and withdrawals for an online gambling network operating 11 brands.

Police said the network handled a minimum 5 million baht a day, with monthly turnover exceeding 100 million baht. The arrest was announced on 15 August 2026.

Chalisa, was detained at a house in Om Yai, Sam Phran district, under a Nakhon Pathom Provincial Court search warrant. She faces charges of jointly advertising or persuading people to gamble online, and jointly organising or promoting online gambling.

Cloud trail led police to Sam Phran

The operation was ordered by Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Lt Gen Nattasak Chaowanasai and led by Economic Crime Suppression Division commander Maj Gen Thatsphum Charupratcha, acting superintendent Col Winyu Jamsai, and investigators Maj Ratchin Charoenram and Maj Wachirachet Akrathiraphong.

Investigators said the gambling operation used Cloudflare, cloud VPNs and rented cloud virtual private servers rather than keeping physical servers or hardware at a fixed location. Police said cyber tracing led them to a "super admin" with authority over baht and cryptocurrency transactions.

The house appeared old from the outside, police said, but was allegedly being used as a concealed operations centre.

Police identified the gambling brands as JUN88, MK8, VV72, TH26, F168/7F168, PG688, BT678, OKVIP, JL69, NM9 and K188. They were said to offer live casino games, slots, baccarat, card games, sports betting and online lotteries across dozens of URLs.

Alleged role covered baht and USDT payments

During questioning, Chalisa reportedly admitted she had previously worked at an entertainment venue in Poipet, Cambodia. In October 2025, she said, she applied for an administrator role through a Facebook page and spent more than four months in intensive training at the OKVIP building in Poipet, where more than 100 gambling-site staff worked.

She said she was trained in IT, marketing, deposits and withdrawals, accounts and audit or risk-control work. Her pay, including commission, was at least 30,000 baht a month and was paid in USDT directly to her personal digital wallet.

According to police, Cambodian authorities stepped up raids on gambling sites in February 2026, after which a "big boss" ordered her team to continue managing systems and customers from Thailand.

She allegedly worked 12-hour night shifts, from 8pm until 8am, with no more than four staff deployed in Thailand. The team used VPNs and received instructions through Discord, she said.

Police said she held 10 user accounts, allowing her to verify transfer codes, match baht and USDT amounts, credit customer wallets if automated systems failed, and approve withdrawals flagged by auditors. She was also allegedly responsible for switching commercial bank accounts and testing more than 25 illegal payment-gateway channels that generated QR codes for cash and crypto payments around the clock.

Investigation continues

Chalisa was handed to investigators at Pho Kaew Police Station in Sam Phran for legal action. Police said they were continuing to trace financial routes, seek asset seizures and pursue alleged senior figures and other members of what they described as a transnational criminal network.

Pictures courtesy of Komchadluek

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17 August 2026

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I've wondered if gambling on a free site (absolutely NO real money involved) is still illegal in LOS.