Attorney General Instructs DSI to Prosecute Additional 6 Suspects in an Online Gambling Network in Connection with a Well-Known Politician

Attorney General Instructs DSI to Prosecute Additional 6 Suspects in an Online Gambling Network in Connection with a Well-Known Politician

          The Department of Special Investigation revealed progress regarding the prosecution of an online gambling network in connection with Mr. Chonnapat, after the special case inquiry officials investigated and transferred inquiry files to the public prosecutor for consideration on May 14, 2026.

          Recently, the Attorney General has an instruction to prosecute additional 6 suspects associating with the online gambling network. The special case inquiry officials have already issued arrest warrant for 1 suspect, the other 5 will be further investigated into following the Attorney General’s instruction in order to prosecute the suspects for related offenses, including jointly being a secret society, jointly arranging a gambling through electronic devices without authorization, jointly conspiring through an agreement between two or more persons to commit money laundering, with the offense as a result of such conspiracy, as well as participating in a transnational organized crime.

          The Department of Special Investigation, through its Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime, has successfully prosecuted some of the related persons of the case, most of which were operating in neighboring countries. The special case inquiry officials from the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime will expedite tracking, examining, and expanding investigation into financial trails and related properties simultaneously with the prosecution process to make legal process work effectively and thoroughly.

          However, being in the session of the House of Representatives, the Department of Special Investigation will inform Mr. Chonnapat of additional charges after the prorogation. Such charges will be including being a secret society as stated in Section 209 of the Criminal Code, penalizing the offender 7 years maximum in prison; as well as being a part of the transnational organized crime as stated in Section 5 of the Anti-Participation in Transnational Organized Crime Act, B.E. 2556 (2013), penalizing the offender 15 years maximum in prison.