The NACC has resolved to forward a petition to prosecutors requesting the court to order the seizure of assets belonging to the "Ben Smith-Yim Liak-Chen Zhu-Kok An" network, to become state property in a public fraud case involving a scammer operation totaling over 13.074 billion baht.
On 12 Feb 2026 GMT+7, the NACC announced the outcome of the 2/2026 Transaction Committee meeting held on 11 Feb 2026 GMT+7. Among the key cases, the committee resolved to forward petitions to prosecutors to request court orders for assets to become state property. After considering requests to revoke temporary seizure and freezing of assets by interested parties, there was insufficient weight to support claims that the seized and frozen assets were unrelated to offenses. The four major cases combined involve assets worth approximately 13.074 billion baht as follows.
1. Case of Ms. Tangthai, involving MR.LEAK YIM, Ms. Wirinya, MR.SMITH BEN, and Ms. Katreeya and associates, who defrauded victims. Investigations linked Yim Liak and found transactional connections to Ben Smith, who exhibited conduct related to public fraud.
Case outcome: The file was forwarded to prosecutors to petition the court for 68 asset items (including case files No. 300–302/2568 and 305/2568), such as land, condominium units, cars, yachts, and bank deposits, totaling approximately 12.123 billion baht.
2. Case of Mr. Chen Zhu and associates. The NACC investigated and found evidence of an online fraud network, human trafficking, and money laundering via digital currency linked to Chen Zhu, founder and chairman of the Prince Group multinational company in Cambodia.
Case outcome: The file was forwarded to prosecutors to petition the court for 96 asset items (case No. 293/2568), including land, cash, branded goods, and jewelry, totaling approximately 345 million baht.
3. Case of Mr. Kok An and associates, related to arrests for participation in a transnational criminal organization and money laundering.
Case outcome: The file was forwarded to prosecutors to petition the court for 89 asset items (case No. 297/2568), such as land and bank deposits, totaling approximately 560 million baht.
4. Case of Mr. Ueangkun and associates, involving a fraudulent group enticing the public to invest in stock trading through a Line group.
Case outcome: The file was forwarded to prosecutors to petition the court for 31 asset items (case No. 296/2568), including cash and bank deposits, totaling approximately 46 million baht.
Furthermore, in the above cases, if there are victims of the underlying offenses, the NACC will collect evidence according to law and forward the matter to prosecutors to petition the court to return or compensate the victims with money or assets from the cases instead of ordering the assets to become state property.
