DSI arrested one more member of an online fake driver’s license gang impersonating Department of Land Transport to trick victims into transferring money, expanded the investigation into transnational organized crime

DSI arrested one more member of an online fake driver’s license gang impersonating Department of Land Transport to trick victims into transferring money, expanded the investigation into transnational organized crime 

On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, the DSI’s Surveillance and Intelligence Center, and Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime arrested one more the suspect of fake driver's license online gang in the case of deceiving people to apply for fake driver’s license through online scam platform Facebook by pretending to be the Department of Land Transport. Previously, the special case inquiry team no. 135/2567 submitted the case file along with 2 of the suspects on April 20, 2026, to the prosecutor of the Department of Special Litigation to consider legal prosecution. In this case, there are 10 files, totaling 2,773 pages and suspects under arrest warrants currently being tracked down for prosecution.

This prosecution is due to the DSI receiving the case from National Cyber Security Committee to investigate the case of defrauding people through online social media. From the investigation, the offenders had created or purchased the Facebook pages with more than 5,000 followers and then pretended to be government agencies to advertise online driver’s licenses issuance. Many people were deceived and suffered widespread damages. The DSI has previously operated to deactivate the Facebook pages. The deceptive behavior started from enticing advertisements to persuade interested people to contact and transfer money, with the initial processing fee approximately 2,000 baht or more. Then, victims were tricked into transferring additional money periodically by pretending to be expenses in various steps that made some victims to lose money from thousands to tens of thousands baht, but no real driver’s license was delivered in any way.

In addition, the offenders also created fake evidence, such as driver’s license previews, screenshots and creating reviews to increase credibility. In some cases, the use of portraits created by AI for fraud was identified. However, Facebook pages that were used to commit the offenses have been closed.

               From the investigation, the offenders were associated with leaders from Myanmar who need Thai driver’s licenses. Most of them are Myanmar nationals residing in Chiang Rai province, which is a convenient point of entry and has high financial turnover. Furthermore, at least 5 pages with similar deceptive behavior have been detected, which are currently in the process of expanded investigation. At the same time, the Department of Land transport indicted similar cases and an additional 568 cases, reflecting the trends of organized and systematically interconnected crime.