According to Thai media news, at 08:00 a.m. on May 13, Tachai, assistant director of the Thai National Police, and Worawa of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) and others ordered the deputy director of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and others to lead a team to 7 locations in Chawang and Nabang counties in Nakhon Thamon Province to carry out search operations to arrest people related to China's large-scale wire fraud case.
It is reported that on March 29, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau led more than 100 personnel from the Special Cases Department, the 8th Branch of the Immigration Police Bureau and other departments to carry out searches at four locations in Nakhon Thammarat Province, successfully smashed a large-scale Chinese wire fraud den, and arrested more than 90 wire fraud personnel from China, Thailand and other countries.
Later, an extended investigation found that a 51-year-old local deputy mayor, Ledi, her husband Lin, and daughter Attiyah were suspected of being involved, because Ledi provided a venue for the wire fraud gang and obtained rental income from it; Lin had purchased computers and mobile phones for the wire fraud gang and was responsible for paying salaries to the Thai "employees" among them; The daughter, Attiyah, acts as an agent for the wire fraud syndicate.
At the same time, four women, namely 44-year-old Tanabong, 51-year-old Rasika, 37-year-old Aya and 37-year-old Aya, were suspected of providing false accounts and assisting the wire fraud gang in purchasing equipment.
In this extended search operation, the staff first went to Chandi Town, Chawang County, to search the residence of Le Di and Lin, but the two were not in the house, and there was only one housekeeper. After inspection, it was found that there were living quarters, work areas and storage areas in the residence, and the staff confiscated the company documents, land title certificates, bank passbooks, and various bank account statements in the residence for follow-up investigation.
At the same time, another staff member went to search Attiya's house, but no trace of Attiyah was found in the house, only her husband's father, Yang, was in the house, and the staff confiscated various documents and bank passbooks for investigation.
In addition, the staff also searched a hotel located in Chawang County, successfully arrested Aya in the hotel, and seized her landline, router and other equipment; At the same time, the arrests of Tanabong and Rasika in Chawang district and Nataka in the Suratthani district have been handed over to the Tong Song district police station for interrogation, while Leddy, Lin and Attiyah are still absconding.