DSI arrested alleged offenders in its special case no.39/2561 for money laundering and other offences relating to the special case no.103/2560 (acting as a transnational crime syndicate swindling victims to invest in Thailand and foreign countries with damage over 200 million baht)

DSI arrested alleged offenders in its special case no.39/2561 for money laundering and other offences relating to the special case no.103/2560 (acting as a transnational crime syndicate swindling victims to invest in Thailand and foreign countries with damage over 200 million baht)

       The DSI inquired into the special case no.103/2560 (2017), (the Eagle Gates Group Company Limited and others acting as a transnational criminal organization to deceive victims to make investment both in Thailand and abroad) and prosecuted against 35 alleged offenders. Later, the DSI extended its inquiry to the accomplices of the said case for money laundering offences (its special case no.39/2561 (2018). The special case inquiry officials made its inquiry file and decided to prosecute against 11 alleged offenders, both Thais and foreigners. From the said alleged offenders wanted on the arrest warrants, the DSI could arrest 3 alleged offenders, one of them, as the mastermind behind money laundering and Ponzi schemes committed by many groups, is a Taiwanese national. Subsequently, on December 24, 2020, the DSI investigated, followed up, and arrested 1 more alleged offender Miss Somporn Phatchan (the wife of the said Taiwanese national) wanted on the Criminal Court’s arrest warrant no.1135/2563. From its further inquiry into the case, it was found that the offenders not only acted as a criminal organization with different roles and duties for each member, but linked to the money laundering movement in Thailand and abroad. Initially, the damage value found was about 220,000,000 baht. The DSI will expand its investigating and pursuing to arrest the alleged offenders wanted on the arrest warrants for further legal proceedings.

       The DSI has tenaciously dedicated itself to special crime investigation, prevention, and suppression, especially the transnational organized crime groups for facilitating justice to the public. The DSI wishes to remind people to be wary of investment persuasion claiming to yield higher returns than financial institutions’ rate of returns. Despite credibility established through various means or claims as owned by foreigners, the public should not trust the said investment persuasion but carefully check the background of the company or the history of the promoter before making investment. If the public has any information or clues to this crime, please inform the DSI at 128 Chaengwattana Road, Thung Song Hong Subdistrict, Lak Si District, Bangkok or the DSI hotline 1202. The DSI will keep the informants’ information confidential.

Dated January 18, 2021