Cyber police arrested the Russian leader of a scam gang at Suvarnabhumi Airport. He deceived Thai business victims into falling in love before inviting them to invest, resulting in losses exceeding 60,000 baht.
On 26 Dec 2025 GMT+7, Pol. Lt. Gen. Surapol Prembutr, Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, together with Pol. Lt. Gen. Naradet Thiprak, Chief of Staff to the Royal Thai Police Commissioner assigned to the Cyber Crime Division, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Krittach Bamrungrattanayot, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 4, ordered Pol. Col. Natthapon Rattanamongkolsak, Superintendent of Investigation Unit 3, Cyber Crime Division 4, along with his deputies and investigators, to arrest MR. GABRIEL CHILASHVILI, 31, a Russian national, on charges of “collaborative fraud by impersonation and knowingly allowing others to use bank accounts for technology crime offenses.”
Pol. Lt. Gen. Surapol explained that since August 2023, a victim who is a businessman from Nakhon Sawan province was contacted on Facebook by an account named “Benjamas Intaraprasert,” posing as a young woman. The suspect befriended the victim in a romantic manner before inviting him to invest in gold trading on a platform called “ATFX,” which was created by the gang. They claimed it was a short-term investment requiring little money but promising high and quick returns.
The victim believed the scheme and initially invested, successfully withdrawing profits at first. Encouraged, he transferred over 60,000 baht in total. Later, he was unable to withdraw funds. After seeing cyber police warnings about similar investment scams, he realized he had been defrauded and ceased further transfers. He then reported the case to Pol. Lt. Col. Thon Sukruangwong, an investigator in Unit 3, Cyber Crime Division 4, to pursue legal action against the perpetrators.
Investigations revealed the gang used mule accounts to receive victim funds, then transferred money through ten mule accounts—eight Thai bank accounts and two Russian accounts—serving as the final destinations for illicit profits. They created complex financial routes involving many mule accounts and employed Thai individuals to withdraw cash from ATMs, which was then converted into cryptocurrency to transfer to accomplices, complicating tracking and investigation efforts.
The investigation unit identified MR. GABRIEL CHILASHVILI as the key leader of this scam gang. After obtaining arrest warrants from Nakhon Sawan Provincial Court for him and nine associates, investigators arrested seven mule account operators and froze nearly two million baht in the suspects’ bank accounts.
Later that evening, investigators learned that MR. GABRIEL CHILASHVILI had arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport and arrested him there. Initially, he denied the charges. Records show he was residing in Chonburi province on a student visa and had been defrauding victims in Thailand since 2023, with multiple entries and exits from the country before his arrest.