DSI arrests more alleged offender of online gambling mule account network

DSI arrests more alleged offender of online gambling mule account network

      On Friday, June 9, 2023, the Director-General of the DSI Police Major Suriya Singhakamol assigned the Director of Surveillance and Intelligence Center, Mr. Withawat Sukantharos, to order the surveillance and intelligence operation team (2^nd operation team) of the DSI to arrest an alleged offender, Mr. Sutthirak Suelueng. The arrest is subject to the arrest warrant of a special case no. 36/2566, which is the same special case as Mr. Pakpum Sangnil or New and associates who were accused of a criminal offence related to provision of online gambling services without permission and jointly laundering money.

      The team of surveillance and intelligence center has been continuously investigating and gathering intelligence and information, until, the team found the aforesaid alleged offender, subject to the criminal court’s arrest warrant no. 1367/2566, dated 3 May 2023, in front of Ban Na District’s Hall, Nakhon Nayok Province. Therefore, the team presented the arrest warrant, informed the charges and legal rights to the alleged offender. The alleged offender acknowledged accusation of the mentioned offences and admitted being the person under the arrest warrant and has never been arrested under the arrest warrant before.
So, the team detained the alleged offender and delivered to the special case inquiry official of Bureau of Narcotics Crime for proceeding according to law further on. Also, during the arrest and detaining of the alleged offender, the arrest team recorded pictures and voices, until, the alleged offender was delivered to the special case inquiry official, pursuant to the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, B.E. 2565 (2022).

      For the aforesaid special case, it resulted from a government agency which forwarded the matter of online gambling to the DSI for investigation and finding the offender, which involved many mule account networks. These mule account networks were either hired or deceived to open a bank account for using in money laundering that comes from other offences. The damage was about three billion baht, according to the previous information and news released by the media. The Bureau of Narcotics Crime has investigated and inspected financial transactions which lead to offences of Mr. Sutthirak Suelueng (an associate who is involved in these offences).

June 9, 2023