Cyber police tracked the money trail of a scam gang that created avatars to deceive victims into transferring money by various means, recovering funds for five victims totaling over 3.1 million baht.
At 1:00 p.m. on 3 Aug at the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) headquarters in Muang Thong Thani, Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi, Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commander of TCSD, Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarayut Chunnawat, Commander of TCSD Division 2, Pol. Col. Khajorn Obthong, Deputy Commander of TCSD Division 2, Pol. Col. Tosak Panklinphut, Superintendent of Unit 4, TCSD Division 2, and Pol. Col. Kunapayot Areeratnathon, Superintendent of Intelligence Analysis Unit, TCSD Division 2, jointly announced the results of an operation tracing the scam gang’s money trail and recovering funds for five victims totaling over 3.1 million baht.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangmat said the first case began on 4 April 2026, involving a female victim living in Nakhon Pathom province who found a Facebook page named “Book House” posting messages about free financial book sets. Interested, she messaged to inquire how to receive the books and was told to claim her rights via a Line contact named Grace Nuntikarn, who sent a link to add as a friend, promising delivery within 5-6 days. Meanwhile, the perpetrators encouraged her to participate in various activities such as generating turnover on a platform and purchasing products. Seeing the tasks as easy and quick with high rewards, she agreed and invested money 17 times totaling 2,495,636 baht. Ultimately, she received no payout and realized she had been scammed, prompting her to report to cyber police for legal action.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarayut Chunnawat said that later, Pol. Col. Tosak Panklinphut and the investigation team traced the victim’s transferred funds to the bank account of Mr. Pitak Pakruang, 36, who operated a mule account receiving money from scammed victims. Investigators promptly froze 1,164,660 baht in that account.
A summons was issued for Mr. Pitak to acknowledge charges of "jointly committing public fraud and jointly dishonestly or deceitfully inputting distorted or false computer data, wholly or partially, in a manner likely to cause damage to the public; and opening or allowing others to use his bank account, electronic cards, or electronic accounts without intent for himself or related business; or permitting others to use or borrow his mobile phone number for services, knowing or reasonably should have known it would be used to commit technology crimes or other offenses."
The other four cases involved impersonations as employees of a telecom company notifying victims their phone numbers were used in illegal activities, invitations to invest in stock trading, and gold trading. The total damage across all five cases amounted to 23,849,121 baht. Police froze money transferred by victims into five mule accounts, totaling 3,184,840 baht, and returned part of the recovered funds by cash checks to each victim under the “MONEY CASH BACK Close Accounts, Hunt Mules, Recover Funds” project.