The Crime Suppression Division raided and arrested "Boss Jin Tao," the mastermind laundering money for a scam gang, uncovering a turnover exceeding 8.8 million baht while he was hiding from an arrest warrant in a condominium in Pattaya.
On 14 Aug 2026 GMT+7, Pol. Maj. Gen. Patthanasak Bupphasuwan, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, ordered Pol. Col. Netiwit Thanasitnitikul, superintendent of Division 2, along with Pol. Lt. Col. Racha Makmanee, investigator of Division 2, to lead a joint operation with Chonburi Immigration to arrest Zhang, a 30-year-old Chinese national, under a Chinese warrant for "fraud and money laundering" and a Thai charge of "foreign national overstaying in the Kingdom." He was captured at a condominium in Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.
This arrest followed investigations by the Crime Suppression Division in cooperation with the Center for Combating Transnational Crime and Illegal Immigration (CCTCI) and the Anti-Cybercrime Center (ACSC). They traced Zhang as the gang leader who hired, directed, and allocated network members to use ATM cards and bank accounts to withdraw cash and transfer defrauded money, disrupting the financial trail to evade arrest.
Investigations found that during 2023–2024, Zhang traveled to meet accomplices in Thailand, using the country as a base to command the scam gang. He ordered his team to rotate using personal bank accounts within the network to receive defrauded funds, then directed others to withdraw large sums in cash to launder money. The total turnover exceeded 1.8 million yuan, equivalent to more than 8.8 million baht.
Later, when Zhang learned Chinese authorities would issue an arrest warrant and he could no longer remain in his home country, he fled through Japan, then secretly entered and hid in Thailand since March 2025. Investigators from Division 2 tracked his whereabouts to Pattaya, coordinated with Chonburi Immigration, and successfully arrested him at the condominium.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to using Thailand as a base to launder money for the scam gang and to hiding here after escaping the Chinese warrant. Authorities detained him and transferred him to the Immigration Office to arrange deportation back to China for legal prosecution.