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Arrest of 5 suspects of gambling website admin In the middle of Chiang Mai Circulating money 50 million/day

Chiang Mai, Provincial Police Region 5 responds to the checkmate policy to suppress cybercrime. Arrest of 5 accused administrators of an online gambling website with a turnover of 50 million baht per day. In the middle of luxury condos and houses in Chiang Mai Province. According to the policy of Police General Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police. Acting Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police (Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police Command) gave orders at a meeting to drive forward the work of the Information Technology Crime Suppression Center. Royal Thai Police Headquarters (RTA) No. 2/2024 at the RTA meeting room, 20th floor, Building 1, Royal Thai Police Headquarters, on April 4, 2024, with emphasis on suppression. online gambling By opening a specific channel for reporting information on the whereabouts of offenders. And there must be a working procedure for receiving clues, searching for information, and coordinating actions with the Ministry of Digital Economy an d Society. to close the website and must publicize and create awareness for the public to be informed of the progress of the work at all times and to create a proactive "checkmate" against lawbreakers seriously and decisively, while also emphasizing that the work will be seriously inspected to show concrete results within 1 month. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kritthaphon Yisakorn, commander of Provincial Region 5, assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Wirachon Bunthawee, deputy commander of Provincial Region 5, along with Maj. Gen. Woraphong. Khamlue, Commander-in-Chief of the 5th Regional Police Station and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thawatchai Phongwiwattanachai Chiang Mai Provincial Police Commander along with police officers from the 5th Police Station and related police officers Surrounded and searched the online gambling website BIOCLUB in Chiang Mai Province. Point 1: A condo in Mueang District, Chiang Mai Province, according to the Chiang Mai Provincial Court search warrant No. 38/2024, dated April 4, 2024. Results of the search were disco vered. Three admin staff of the online gambling website were sitting at work: Mr. Thanakorn, 23 years old, Ms. Natcha, 22 years old, and Mr. Tiwanon, 26 years old, along with inspecting and confiscating 4 notebook computers, 3 mobile phones and other items. Another amount, all 3 people admitted to being admins of 3 online gambling websites, namely PRETTYGAMING168, BIOCLUB, GK168, with a total turnover of approximately 50 million baht per month, with all 3 employees saying that Mr. Piyaphong is the leader who controls them. Take care of the office of this online gambling website. Point 2, Residence Village No. 1, Yang Noeng Subdistrict, Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province, according to the search warrant of the Chiang Mai Provincial Court No. 38/2024 dated April 4, 2024. The results of the search discovered Ms. Achirayan Ayu. 28 years, duties as an admin, recruiting admins, providing office space and Mr. Piyaphong, age 29 years, role as head admin and manage gambling website finances Two notebook computers, seven mobile phones, two bank passbooks, two ATM cards and other items were seized. Both of them admitted to working for an online gambling website. There are 4 websites, namely PRETTYGAMING168, BIOCLUB, GK168, ramen88, both of which are admins. All 4 websites have an owner named Mr. Kittikun, aged 39 years, a person from Khon Kaen Province. Therefore, the suspect and the seized items were arrested and handed over to local investigators for further legal proceedings. Source: Thai News Agency