{"id":29897,"date":"2022-05-16T13:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29897"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:40:33","slug":"thailand-woman-charged-in-connection-with-online-gambling-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-woman-charged-in-connection-with-online-gambling-fraud","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: woman charged in connection with online gambling fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A woman was arrested at the beach in Chon Buri province for allegedly opening a bank account for a fraudulent gambling website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- Police have arrested a 41-year-old woman in Bang Lamung<\/strong> district of Chon Buri<\/strong> for allegedly opening a bank account for a fraudulent Chinese gambling website<\/strong>. She has been charged with fraud and violation of the computer crimes act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to police, the suspect opened a bank account for a Chinese gambling website in exchange for money in 2021. The website then used the bank account to accept funds from at least ten victims who have filed lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous cases in Chon Buri<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In January, eight people were arrested after police raided an alleged illegal gambling operation at a two-story house in tambon Ban Suan, Muang district, in Chon Buri province. Those arrested, aged between 19 to 31 years old, were allegedly using the house as a centre to administer online gambling websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the raid, police seized computers and mobile phones. According to Bangkok Post, the three illegal gambling websites had more than 100,000 members in total and the operation had THB100m in bets in circulation each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling reform in Thailand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Korn Chatikavanij, leader of the Kla Party has said that he hopes Thailand will move ahead with gambling reform<\/a> to boost the economy and fight illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a congress at the Centara Government Complex Hotel, he said: \u201cNo one wants to promote gambling. But, in reality, we must accept that business in the grey area benefits those who violate laws and those influential individuals with links to gangsters and organised crime. So, it\u2019s time to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government committee that is studying the legalisation of gambling in Thailand will release its findings next month, according to a committee member who spoke with the Bangkok Post. The committee has previously suggested that Thailand\u2019s first casino could be in Bangkok or surrounding areas due to the proximity to airports, road connections and hotel infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A woman was arrested at the beach in Chon Buri province for allegedly opening a bank account for a fraudulent gambling website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":26852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai authorities in Chon Buri have arrested individuals linked to illegal online gambling operations, including a woman accused of facilitating financial transactions for a fraudulent Chinese gambling website and eight others administering platforms with significant betting volumes. Concurrently, political figures like Korn Chatikavanij are advocating for comprehensive gambling reform in Thailand, with a government committee set to release findings on potential legalisation, including the establishment of integrated resorts.","focusai_entities":"Kla Party, Korn Chatikavanij, Bangkok Post","focusai_location":"Thailand, Chon Buri, Bang Lamung, Muang district, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thailand Legalization Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and licensing structures are being considered by the Thai government committee to mitigate the risks highlighted by these illegal operations, should gambling be legalised?"},{"label":"AML Enforcement Gaps","query":"How are financial institutions in Thailand enhancing their transaction monitoring and KYC protocols to prevent the exploitation of banking infrastructure by illicit gambling networks, as evidenced by the recent arrests?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326,342],"class_list":["post-29897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29911,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897\/revisions\/29911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}