Cyber police have arrested a group of agents who supply and sell 'ghost accounts' online, severing the operations of call center scammer gangs that use these accounts to commit technology-related crimes, causing hardship to the public.
On 22 December 2025 GMT+7, Pol. Lt. Gen. Surapol Prembutr, Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, along with Pol. Lt. Gen. Naradet Thiprak, Commander attached to the Royal Thai Police Office, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Wiwat Khamchamnarn, Deputy Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, ordered Pol. Maj. Gen. Komkrit Sukthai, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 3, Pol. Col. Arunphan Wanitchanan, Superintendent of Division 1, Cyber Crime Division 3, and Pol. Lt. Col. Theerasak Narasri, Deputy Superintendent of Division 1, Cyber Crime Division 3,
to lead forces in arresting four agents involved in selling ghost accounts: Ms. Wichuda Khamwongsa, 28, from Nong Khai; Mr. Theerapat Noikiaw, 31, from Nakhon Ratchasima; Mr. Apirak Kluenkaew, 21, from Udon Thani; and Ms. Supannda Siriphet, 31, from Nong Khai. Authorities seized four mobile phones linked to bank account applications with 10 active accounts and 150,000 baht in cash used for the sting operation.
The investigation began when the Cyber Crime Division 3 found a Facebook account advertising bank accounts linked to banking applications on mobile phones, ready for immediate use. If these bank accounts fall into the hands of call center scammer gangs or scammers to commit technology crimes, they cause significant trouble to the public.
Following this, investigators went undercover and negotiated the purchase of 10 bank accounts along with four mobile phones linked to these bank applications, all ready to use. The agreed price was 150,000 baht, with a meeting arranged to exchange the items and payment at a restaurant within the Rod Fai Market area of Mueang Udon Thani District.
At the agreed time in the evening, Ms. Wichuda delivered the phones with the banking applications. Mr. Theerapat and Mr. Apirak acted as agents procuring the bank accounts, while Ms. Supannda, the bank account owner, came to receive the payment. Upon their arrival, the officers completed the exchange and immediately arrested the suspects along with the seized items. All initially confessed to having committed this act multiple times.
The police charged them with "collaborating in procuring, advertising, or disseminating information to facilitate the purchase or sale of mobile phone numbers registered under someone else's name where the actual user cannot be identified, knowing or having reason to believe it would be used in technology-related crimes or other criminal offenses; and procuring, advertising, or disseminating information to facilitate the purchase, rental, or lending of bank accounts, electronic cards, or electronic money accounts to be used in technology-related crimes or other criminal offenses." The suspects were then taken to Mueang Udon Thani Police Station for further legal proceedings.