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Arrest warrant for Myanmar nationals Ordered to withdraw money from a horse account that tricked people into selling mobile phones to youths.

Bangkok, Oct. 20 – Royal Thai Police plans to issue an arrest warrant for a Myanmar national. Ordered people to withdraw money from a horse account that was tricked into selling cell phones to Mathayom 6 students in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Found a criminal plan to hire youths to open horse accounts for easy control.

Progress on the case of tricking a 19-year-old into selling a cell phone to a Mathayom 6 student in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, but not delivering the item, causing stress to the point where he hanged himself. After the police previously issued arrest warrants for four suspects on charges of fraud. and offenses according to Computer Act Including Miss Dokkaew, 23 years old, who is one of the horse names. Can receive money transfers from the deceased And yesterday, they arrested another 3 people involved in the movement: Ms. Rattanaporn, 18 years old, horse account number 3, Mr. Teerawat, 19 years old, horse account number 4, and Ms. Natthanicha Ayu. 39 years old, person withdrew money in Chiang Rai province, along with bankbooks, ATM cards and mobile phones.

Most recently, today (), officials detained Ms. Rattanaporn, Mr. Teerawat, and Ms. Natthanicha for questioning at the Technology Crime Investigation Division 5. Pol. Maj. Gen. Charin Kopatta, commander of S.T. 5, attended the interrogation and revealed that During the interrogation, all 3 suspects confessed. The youth who opened the horse account testified that he was paid 3,000 baht per account while the cash teller was hired by a Burmese person. via Facebook Bring your mobile phone with the banking app installed to withdraw cash at an ATM at a gas station, about 4 kilometers from the Mae Sai border, without using an ATM card. Then deliver it to the mastermind at the Mae Sai border checkpoint. Get paid to withdraw money at 300-500 baht per time. Have been doing this for about 1 month, with each time withdrawing money from thousands to hundreds of thousands. The latest amount withdrawn on October 15 was 104,000 baht. It is believed that the total amount withdrawn from the account should be close to 1 million baht.

However, from the investigation, it is also known that there is a plot that this network sells cheap IT products. which is different from call center gangs There is a mastermind on the border of a neighboring country. and will hire someone to open a horse account in the border area for easy control The Horse Line 1 account uses an online account opening method. As for the 2-4 horse lines, they will use local youth to be easily controlled. While the page admin discusses deceitful selling of products. It is believed to be a Thai person entering and exiting the border. But they committed fraud from neighboring countries. Because there is an IP address on the Myanmar side.

As for whether or not there will be a mastermind besides the Myanmar people who come to receive the money or not. Currently collecting evidence to expand the results. Without ruling out the issue of the China Tao movement behind it. which even though they are foreigners living in neighboring countries But the police must issue an arrest warrant. and request the issuance of a red notice from Interpol To coordinate and ask for cooperation from the Myanmar police to help track down and prosecute.

For this movement, 5 suspects have been arrested, the first being Ms. Dokkaew. The three suspects who were already detained yesterday were brought in for questioning today. and is expected to be taken into custody before the Criminal Court by Sunday, October 22. As for Ms. Siriporn who is another horse account who had previously been issued an arrest warrant Still on the run As for the accused who was responsible for procuring an account of the horses that were seized in Chiang Rai, one person will be sent to Chiang Rai Province for prosecution. Horse accounting offenses according to the Technology Crime Prevention and Suppression Act 2023

Source: Thai News Agency