DSI Arrested Transnational Scammer Gang Member, Scamming People into Buying Medical Gloves

DSI Arrested Transnational Scammer Gang Member, Scamming People into Buying Medical Gloves

On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at approximately 4:30 PM, Surveillance and Intelligence Center, along with Sadao Immigration Officers, and arresting team, jointly arrested Miss Ketkanok (surname withheld), a suspect according to the Criminal Court Arrest Warrant no. 3042/2568, dated November 26, 2025, under Special Case no. 118/2566. The suspect is charged of “jointly participating in transnational organized crime, jointly bringing into a computer system a false computer data in a manner which likely cause damages to the public and the national economic security, jointly committing public fraud by impersonating other figures, jointly committing money laundering and jointly conspiring through an agreement between two or more persons to commit money laundering with the offense carried out as a result of said conspiracy.”

Authorities arrested the suspect at the immigrant checkpoint in Sadao District, Songkhla Province. During the arrest, the suspect was informed of the charges and legal rights under the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the requirement to continuously record a video and audio in the process of the arrest and detention until the suspect is transferred to the special case inquiry officials, following the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, B.E. 2565 (2022). The suspect then was transferred to the special case inquiry officials for further legal proceedings.

The aforementioned case is the Special Case no. 118/2566 of the Technology and Cyber Crime Bureau. The transnational scammer gang created over 2,000 fraudulent websites to scam victims into buying non-existing products or services, causing damages exceeding 2,000 million Baht. Miss Ketkanok, whose status is a non-legally registered wife to Mr.Derrick (surname withheld) (the third suspect), opened 2 bank accounts to jointly deceive the victims into believing that there is a selling and buying process of medical gloves and a sea freight service.

Initially, the victims would be informed to transfer the product cost to the Kasikorn Bank account with Miss Ketkanok’s name as the account owner. However, the suspect would change the account to other private company’s account before the victims proceeded with the money transfer, in order to create reliability and to hide true intention. Later on, after having received the money, the suspect would withdraw it in cash and deposit to Miss Ketkanok’s account, then transfer it to Mr.Derrick’s account. Mr.Derrick would use this money to invest in digital assets (cryptocurrency coins) as a way of money laundering. The laundered money would then be withdrawn in cash to disguise its source and to sever ties with criminal activities. Out of 24 suspects, Miss Ketkanok is the eleventh suspect who has been arrested.

The operation to track down and arrest the suspect under the arrest warrant in this special case was in accordance with the directive of Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, and Police Major Jatupol Bongkochmas, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, which assigns the Surveillance and Intelligence Center to form the operation team to track down and arrest the suspects under the warrant and to ensure the fugitive suspects will be brought to justice.