DSI Expands Investigation, Arrests Thai Female Broker Linked to Nigerian Network Supplying Mule Accounts to Romance Scam Gangs with Over 1.2 Billion Baht in Circulation and Over 45 Million Baht in Damages

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), led by Police Major Yutthana Praedam, successfully tracked down and arrested a major suspect wanted for a 113-million-baht public fraud and computer crimes case. The suspect had been on the run for nearly a year before being captured in Nonthaburi.

On Thursday, May 14, 2026at 06:05 a.m., 

Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), assigned Police Captain Wisanu Chimtragool, Deputy Director-General of the DSI, Police Captain Thinavudth Silapat, Director of the Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime Bureau, the investigative team for Special Case No. 112/2568, and officers from the Surveillance and Intelligence Center to apprehend Miss Weena (last name withheld), a suspect under Criminal Court Arrest Warrant No. 2699/2569 dated May 12, 2026. The investigation revealed that the suspect is part of a Thai female gang connected to a Nigerian transnational organized crime group. She played a significant role in procuring mule accounts from across the country and forwarding them to various syndicates, including call center gangs and romance scam groups, to be used for receiving money transferred from victims before jointly planning to siphon the funds out of the accounts. Total damages were discovered to exceed 45 million baht.

This case follows the late-2025 arrest and prosecution by the DSI's Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime Bureau of a group including Mr. Ikedi (last name withheld), a Nigerian national, Miss Onanong (last name withheld), a Thai national, and their accomplices. These individuals acted as key brokers responsible for contacting and hiring people to open mule accounts and ghost SIM cards in both the Bangkok metropolitan area and other provinces, in order to distribute them to Nigerian organized crime groups and other networks for use in defrauding the public. The group of suspects is linked to over 1,000 mule accounts, with more than 1.2 billion baht in circulation, and victims have been defrauded across multiple areas, amounting to over 45 million baht in damages. Furthermore, it is believed there are many more victims who have not yet filed complaints. The DSI expanded its investigation into the network of accomplices until it found that Miss Weena ordered Miss Onanong to procure mule accounts to be used in deceiving victims through romance scams, and collaborated in planning the transfer of funds out of the accounts. The network's activities have been traced back to 2020, and an examination of the financial trails in the suspect's accounts revealed a circulation of over 30 million baht.

The Department of Special Investigation therefore gathered evidence to request the Criminal Court's approval for an arrest warrant before apprehending the suspect for prosecution on charges of jointly being a secret society (Ang-Yee), jointly participating in a transnational organized crime group, jointly defrauding the public by impersonating others, jointly entering false or distorted computer data into a computer system, conspiring to launder money, and jointly laundering money. Additionally, clues indicate that apart from the arrested group of suspects, there are many more accomplices involved in the syndicate, both Thai nationals and foreigners. The DSI will expedite its investigation to expand the case and prosecute additional involved individuals, while integrating with the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to trace financial trails and further seize and freeze assets related to the said network.

If members of the public have suffered damages or possess information regarding this network, they can report clues via the Department of Special Investigation's website at www.dsi.go.th under the "Complaints, Grievances, Whistleblowing" banner, or via Line @dsi.th, so that special case inquiry officials can gather evidence and proceed according to the law.