Police raided a 'grey Chinese' call center scam gang, defrauding victims and seizing assets exceeding 14 million baht, while all six suspects continue to deny the charges.
On 20 Mar 2026 GMT+7, Police Lieutenant General Watthana Yijin, Commander of Provincial Police Region 1, along with Deputy Commanders Police Major General Wichit Boonchinwutikul and Police Major General Atthaphon Anusit, Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander Police Major General Dechapree Khongdee, Nonthaburi Provincial Police Investigation Division Chief Police Colonel Supachai Srisak, his deputy Police Colonel Patchet Unan, and Pak Kret Police Station Chief Police Colonel Adirek Thongkaemkaew, held a meeting to announce the results of the operation to raid the grey Chinese call center scam network, seizing assets worth over 14 million baht.
This operation originated from an incident on 6 Sep 2025 GMT+7, when an elderly female victim, a retired civil servant, received a call from a suspect claiming to be a 'financial officer of a hospital,' informing her that she had not submitted documents for protecting her pension accounts. They warned that without action, she would be unable to view her pension slips. They said protection would cover five accounts and asked her to prepare her ID card and house registration to submit the request. When the victim was unable to do so, the suspect offered to arrange an OTP code on her behalf.
A week later, another suspect called the victim, claiming to be an 'official from the Comptroller General’s Department.' This individual spoke similarly to the first suspect, saying a six-digit code was required to complete a PDPA document, which protects deposit accounts and their security.
This protection also covered the civil servant pensioner's records and allowed her to download salary slips. The victim agreed to proceed, and the suspect instructed her to add a Line contact to send documents purportedly from the Comptroller General’s Department, which included the victim’s personal history and bank account names.
The suspect then guided the victim through account protection by having her open her banking application and provide information as instructed. The suspect tricked her into entering document numbers into the bank account number field and branch codes into the amount field, causing the victim to unknowingly transfer money out of her account.
The victim transferred money to the suspect twice, totaling 762,995 baht. When the suspect could no longer be contacted, she realized she had been scammed and reported the case to investigators at Pak Kret Police Station. It was also found that on the same day, 20 other victims had been defrauded by this gang, with similar financial transaction patterns, totaling losses over 2 million baht.
Subsequently, Police Colonel Supachai Srisak, Chief of Nonthaburi Provincial Police Investigation Division, and Police Lieutenant Colonel Karun Limpironarit, Deputy Chief Investigator of Pak Kret Police Station, together with investigative teams from Pak Kret Police and Nonthaburi Provincial Police, traced the financial trail and discovered that this large criminal gang involved several Chinese and Thai individuals.
They found that victims' money was transferred through TrueMoney and multiple Thai-run mule accounts to complicate tracking, then forwarded to several grey Chinese group accounts. Evidence was gathered and warrants for nine suspects were approved by Nonthaburi Provincial Court, along with search warrants for three locations in Bangkok authorized by Thonburi Criminal Court.
This led to raids at two locations in Grantwadi Village, Phutthamonthon Sai 3 Road, Bang Phai Subdistrict, Bang Khae District, Bangkok, and a final location at a house on Phet Kasem Soi 24, Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen Subdistrict, Phasi Charoen District, Bangkok.
The raids resulted in arrests including Mr. Xuchen Xu, 46, a Chinese national with Thai citizenship; Ms. Thanathip Suaythong, 60; and later the capture of Mr. Wang Qinsen, 31, a key Chinese suspect, Mr. Zhenqiu Chen, 39, Mr. Shixiong Xu, 43, both Chinese nationals, and Ms. Chuoing Zhou, 51, also Chinese. They were apprehended while withdrawing 7 million baht in cash at the Kasikornbank counter inside Iconsiam mall, Khlong San, Bangkok.
In total, six suspects were arrested in this network: five Chinese nationals and one Thai acting as a nominee for the Chinese group. Authorities seized assets including 10,820,360 baht in cash, two cars, one motorcycle, various jewelry, branded handbags, numerous bankbooks, and ATM cards totaling 229 items, with total asset value exceeding 14 million baht. The six suspects currently deny all charges.
The suspects face charges of participation in a transnational criminal organization, conspiracy as gang members, acting as accomplices, fraud by impersonation, deception to input false or distorted data into computer systems in a manner likely to harm the public, conspiracy of five or more persons to commit offenses, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering arising from their conspiracy and joint actions.