Cyber police launched a raid on three targets, dismantling a call center gang that tricked a female student into transferring over 3.6 million baht. The gang impersonated mobile network staff, calling victims with a scheme claiming involvement in a money laundering case, prompting the victim to transfer money for verification of innocence. The victim believed the claims and both transferred and withdrew cash totaling 3,617,000 baht. Investigations revealed a Chinese boss behind the operation directing and benefiting from it.
On 27 Aug 2026, Pol. Lt. Gen. Suraphol Prembutr, Commissioner of the Cyber Crime Division, together with Pol. Lt. Gen. Naradet Tiprak, Commissioner attached to the Office of the Police Chief, assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commissioner of the Cyber Crime Division, Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarayut Chunnanawat, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 2, and other senior officers including Pol. Col. Khajorn Abthong, Pol. Col. Monchai Boonlert, and several deputy commanders and inspectors, to lead the operation.
They brought forces and court search warrants to conduct raids at three targets: one in Samut Prakan province and two in Samut Sakhon province, dismantling a call center gang that defrauded a female student of more than 3.6 million baht.
The first target involved executing Samut Prakan Provincial Court warrant number 508/2569 to search a house in Moo 2, Soi Monthathip 1, Intersection 7, Theparak Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Prakan province.
The second target was searched under Samut Sakhon Provincial Court warrant number 524/2569 at a house in Moo 3, Bang Yha Praek Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Sakhon province.
The third target was searched with Samut Sakhon Provincial Court warrant number 525/2569 at a house in Moo 2, Bang Yha Praek Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Sakhon province.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commissioner of the Cyber Crime Division, said this operation stemmed from an incident earlier in August where a female victim, a student at a well-known university in Bangkok, was contacted by perpetrators from the call center gang claiming to be employees of a mobile network provider.
The victim was told that her ID card number had been used to open a phone line involved in illegal activities. The call was transferred to another person impersonating a police officer from Mueang Loei Police Station, who instructed her to add a contact on Line app for further communication. They claimed to have arrested suspects in a money laundering case who implicated the victim for selling bank accounts for illegal use, threatening her with prosecution.
The victim became fearful from the threats and was asked to provide all her bank account assets for verification. They promised to return all funds if she was innocent. She was then instructed to transfer money into an account claimed to be the central bank account of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO). Afraid and worried about being guilty, she transferred over 850,000 baht from several accounts.
After the initial transfer, the perpetrators instructed the victim to ask her parents for more money to transfer for further verification with AMLO’s central bank account. They strictly warned her not to tell her parents or friends about the money transfers for verification.
They also suggested a method involving requesting a scholarship from her university, claiming to know a professor who could provide a letter for an exchange program in Australia requiring around 2 to 3 million baht.
The victim decided to ask her father to transfer 2.7 million baht into her account. She then transferred the money in installments to the perpetrators, as she could not transfer more than 2 million baht per day.
In the first installment, she transferred 1.1 million baht. For the remaining 1.6 million baht, the perpetrators instructed her to withdraw cash at a bank counter in a shopping mall in Srinakarin area. They arranged to meet near the bank and rented a hotel room to receive the money. In total, she handed over 3,617,000 baht before realizing she was scammed and reported to cyber police for prosecution.
Later, Pol. Col. Monchai Boonlert, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 2, with his investigation team, traced the gang and found it was a large organized crime group involving multiple people of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai nationalities. Roles were systematically divided among cash collectors, drivers to pick up money, and money mule accounts receiving victim transfers, with a Chinese boss directing and benefiting from operations.
Investigators gathered evidence and obtained arrest warrants from Samut Prakan Provincial Court for eight suspects in the network. They arrested four suspects so far: Mr. Quoc Nam Nguyen, 38, and Mr. Huy Tan Nguyen, 26, both Vietnamese nationals, seizing two passports and eight mobile phones from their residence in Samut Prakan.
Ms. Dolpak Pholkan or 'Jenid', 49, from Samut Sakhon, was arrested at her home in Mueang Samut Sakhon, with cash of 792,690 baht, one mobile phone, one computer, 12 bank passbooks, and several banking transaction documents seized. Mr. Thitikarn Yimfungfuang, 25, from Samut Prakan, was arrested in Mueang Samut Prakan. Four other suspects remain at large.
Deputy Commissioner Thinkorn said evidence showed the two Vietnamese suspects handled cash collection from victims to deliver to the Chinese boss. Mr. Thitikarn acted as a money mule, withdrawing funds to purchase various goods such as alcohol and cigarettes worth several hundred thousand baht per transaction, which Ms. Dolpak would then resell to convert into cash.
Ms. Dolpak initially denied involvement with the gang, but investigators have evidence linking her to the network in funneling proceeds to the Chinese boss. The gang carefully planned to obscure financial trails, making it difficult to trace and arrest them.
All suspects face charges of fraud by impersonation, conspiracy by two or more persons to commit money laundering, money laundering offenses due to conspiracy, and fraudulently entering false or distorted data into computer systems in a way likely to cause public harm.