Cyber police arrested a female "horse stable owner" who supplied corporate "horse" bank accounts to a Chinese scammer gang. These accounts are linked to more than 27 cases reported by victims at various police stations, including scams involving fake activities and investment fraud.
On 2 Sep 2026 GMT+7, Pol. Lt. Gen. Suraphol Prembutr, Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, Pol. Lt. Gen. Naradet Thiprak, Commander assigned to the Royal Thai Police Office, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinkorn Rangamat, Deputy Commander of the Cyber Crime Division, ordered Pol. Maj. Gen. Kritach Bamrungrattanayot, Commander of Cyber Crime Division 4, Pol. Col. Anucha Srisamrong, Superintendent of Division 2, Cyber Crime Division 4, Pol. Lt. Col. Sirawit Mahattanawisit, Deputy Superintendent of Division 2, Cyber Crime Division 4, Pol. Lt. Col. Phrompol Nittwiboon, Deputy Superintendent of Intelligence Analysis Unit, Cyber Crime Division 4, Pol. Capt. Yutthapong Amromkonsil, Police Officer, Division 3, temporarily assigned to Division 2, Cyber Crime Division 4, and Pol. Capt. Prempracha Utama, Police Officer, Intelligence Analysis Unit, Cyber Crime Division 4, temporarily assigned to Division 2, Cyber Crime Division 4.
They led forces with a search warrant from the Thonburi Criminal Court No. 214/2569 to search a house in a luxury village in Phasi Charoen, Bangkok, and arrested Ms. Ranwarat Phumphanwarangkul, alias Pim, 31 years old. They also seized one mobile phone. She is wanted under warrants from Chanthaburi Provincial Court No. 155/2569 and Ratchaburi Provincial Court No. 278/2569.
She is charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, inputting false data—whether in whole or in part—into computer systems likely to cause damage to the public, and opening or allowing others to use bank accounts, electronic cards, or electronic accounts without intention to use them personally or for related business, knowing or having reason to know they would be used in technology-related crimes or other criminal offenses.
This arrest followed an incident in August when a victim in Chanthaburi, operating a solar panel business, was contacted via the store's Line by a scammer to buy a large quantity of solar lamps worth 395,000 baht. After agreeing on the deal, the scammer tricked the victim into buying barbed wire worth more than 700,000 baht, claiming it was to be delivered to a military camp in Chonburi province.
The victim was instructed to transfer money to the barbed wire seller’s account, which the victim believed was a legitimate limited partnership (LP) store account. After transferring the money, the victim could no longer contact the scammer and realized they had been deceived. The victim then reported the matter to police for prosecution.
Later, Pol. Col. Anucha Srisamrong, Superintendent of Division 2, Cyber Crime Division 4, along with investigators, conducted an inquiry and discovered Ms. Ranwarat was part of the scam network providing corporate "horse" bank accounts. She owned bank accounts under company and LP names that had no real business operations but sold these accounts to scammer gangs to receive money transfers from victims. After gathering evidence, authorities obtained warrants to arrest and search her on 1 Sep.
During initial interrogation, Ms. Ranwarat admitted to financial difficulties and that in late 2025 she opened bank accounts under corporate names to sell to scammers who advertised buying accounts in a Facebook group called "Group Buying LP Accounts" at nearly 80,000 baht per account.
Mobile phone data showed Ms. Ranwarat acted as a broker sourcing corporate "horse" accounts. She stated she earned substantial lump sums and advertised buying LP accounts via Facebook groups. During the recent Songkran festival, she met a Chinese man named Ah Yao, a gray capitalist, and contacted him via Line and Telegram. They agreed that "horse" accounts must be active and able to transfer money. Ah Yao supplied cheap phones and numbers from the black market. Her role was to recruit people to open accounts and register banking apps. Accounts were sold for 80,000-150,000 baht each depending on readiness, earning her over 100,000 baht monthly.
Further investigation revealed that the accounts Ms. Ranwarat sold to scammer groups were linked to more than 27 cases reported nationwide. These cases involved scams such as fake activities and investment fraud, connected to multiple other criminal cases.