Cyber police tracked down and arrested young entrepreneurs. The online gambling network. “argus99ss.” Five suspects were apprehended for managing finances and mule accounts, with a reported monthly transaction volume of 20 million baht.
On 24 May 2026, Pol. Lt. Gen. Suraphol Prembutr, Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, along with Pol. Lt. Gen. Naradet Thiprak, assigned to assist the Cyber Crime Division, ordered Pol. Maj. Gen. Sila Kanjanarak, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 5, Pol. Col. Ukkrit Srinitiwong, Chief of Intelligence Analysis at Cyber Crime Division 5, and Pol. Lt. Col. Kittikun Soimalee, Deputy Chief of Intelligence Analysis at Cyber Crime Division 5, to lead an operation to arrest five suspects linked to the online gambling network “argus99ss” in Bangkok and Phitsanulok Province.
This followed intelligence analysis by Cyber Crime Division 5 discovering the “argus99ss” online gambling site with over 20,000 members and monthly transaction volumes exceeding 20 million baht, or over 240 million baht annually. The site secretly offered online gambling services including lotteries, slots, foreign football betting, baccarat, dragon tiger, hi-lo, pok deng, and many other types of gambling.
The payment system allowed automatic bank transfers for betting, direct withdrawal requests via the website, and site administrators who assisted or acted on behalf of the site in matters such as registration issues, financial transactions, and encouraging users to gamble online on the platform.
Investigations revealed that those involved were a group of young people managing finances and mule accounts residing in Bangkok and Phitsanulok. Evidence was gathered to request six search and arrest warrants from the Criminal Court: one person handling finances and five managing mule accounts for processing website transactions.
Five suspects were arrested, including: 1. Mr. Sorawit, 30, from Bangkok, who managed the gambling site’s finances by collecting money from various mule accounts and routing it through payment gateways to conceal the financial trail before funds reached beneficiaries. He was arrested outside an apartment on Chalong Krung Road, Lam Pla Thio Subdistrict, Lat Krabang District, Bangkok.
2. Ms. Kanda, 24, from Phitsanulok, a mule account manager, arrested in Mueang District, Phitsanulok; 3. Ms. Ratikarn, 26, from Bangkok, a mule account manager, arrested in the Lat Phrao 41 area; 4. Mr. Thibet, 23, from Bangkok, a mule account manager, arrested at a residence in Chokchai 4 area; and 5. Ms. Porntip, 23, from Phitsanulok, a mule account manager, arrested outside a residence in the Lat Phrao area.
Police charged all five suspects with "conspiring to organize or facilitate gambling, advertising or soliciting others to gamble directly or indirectly via electronic media without official permission, and conspiracy to commit money laundering." They were transferred to investigators at Cyber Crime Division 5 for legal proceedings.