DSI and Officials of Khlong Luang Provincial Police Arrested Admin of Fake Famous Accommodation, Deceiving Victims into transferring Money

DSI and Officials of Khlong Luang Provincial Police Arrested Admin of Fake Famous Accommodation, Deceiving Victims into transferring Money

On Friday, May 15, 2026, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Surveillance and Intelligence Center, in collaboration with officials of Khlong Luang Provincial Police arrested Mr. Phaiwan (surname withheld), an alleged offender under criminal court arrest warrant no. 727/2569, dated February 6, 2026. The alleged offender is charged with the offense of jointly committing fraud, impersonating another person, public fraud following Criminal Code and the offense of opening or allowing other persons to use his or her deposit account, electronic card or electronic money account without the intention of using it for himself or herself or for the business while knowing or should have known that it would be used to commit an offence under the Emergency Decree on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technological Crimes, B.E. 2566 (2023). The officials arrested him along the road in Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province, then informed the alleged offender of charges and legal rights under the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the requirement to continuously record video and audio during the process of arrest and detention until being transferred to the special case inquiry officials, following the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, B.E. 2565 (2022). The alleged offender was then transferred to the special case inquiry officials for further legal proceedings.

The aforementioned case is Special Case No. 94/2567 of the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime. Mr. Phaiwan has deceptive behavior through online platforms, creating fake Facebook pages for impersonating hotels and accommodations to advertise a lower price than reality. It encourages people to believe and transfer money to for book accommodations. The victims believed and transferred money but can not actually stay as advertise. The accused has cut off all contacts and avoid communicating with victims. However, the name, surname and bank account number used to receive are money shown on the Facebook pages.

The operation to track down and apprehend the offenders under the arrested warrant in a 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, who assigns the Surveillance and Intelligence Center, an agency under the direct command, to form the operation team to track down and arrest the offenders under the arrest warrant in order to ensure the fugitive offenders will be brought to justice.