Huamark Police patrol officers quickly detected suspicious behavior from a 19-year-old man wearing a full-face helmet while withdrawing money at an ATM. Upon inspection, they found over 600,000 baht in cash. He claimed that Chinese individuals hired him to withdraw the money and that he received a payment of only 1,000 baht per job, which he had been doing since April 2026.
At 15:30 on 8 June 2026, while officers from Huamark Police Station were conducting their routine patrol in their jurisdiction, they arrived at an ATM of Krungsri Bank located at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 51/3, Huamark Subdistrict, Bang Kapi District, Bangkok. They found Mr. Patchara (surname withheld), 19, from Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province, wearing a red full-face helmet, standing suspiciously while withdrawing cash. He quickly walked to a red-and-black Honda Scoopy i motorcycle with license plate 2ขธ 8474 Bangkok, parked at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 51/3.
The Huamark Police patrol officers then identified themselves and requested to search Mr. Patchara. They found 107,000 baht in cash and four ATM cards in his right pants pocket. The cards belonged to: 1. Ms. Lakkhana Silarak, 2. Mr. Natthachon Aswaprasit, 3. Mr. Prasit Chanchu, and 4. Ms. Nantaya Chanchu, all from the Government Savings Bank. They also found an iPhone 13. Under the motorcycle seat, they discovered an additional 500,000 baht in cash. The officers took him and the evidence to deliver to Police Colonel Prasopchok Iampinit, Chief of Huamark Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Natthawat Tarak, and Superintendent Bamphen Namchawi for joint investigation.
During questioning, Mr. Patchara stated that a Chinese man, whose real name he did not know, had given him the four ATM cards to withdraw a total of 607,000 baht in cash. After withdrawing the money, the Chinese man would collect the cash. Mr. Patchara said he was paid 1,000 baht each time he withdrew and delivered the money. He said he had been doing this multiple times since April.
An investigation revealed that the owners of the four ATM cards have not yet been issued arrest warrants, possibly because the victims are still filing complaints and warrants have not been entered into the system. Authorities will contact the card owners to provide statements on how the cards ended up with Mr. Patchara. This behavior is definitely linked to a call center scam. Anyone who has transferred money into the accounts of these four individuals is urged to contact the Huamark Police investigation unit. Authorities will pursue questioning the Chinese man involved and expand the investigation to reach other conspirators. All evidence has been seized at Huamark Police Station, and Mr. Patchara has not yet been formally charged.