{"id":777013230,"date":"2024-02-16T08:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013230"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:57:06","slug":"thai-cyber-police-arrest-26-over-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-cyber-police-arrest-26-over-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Thai cyber police arrest 26 over alleged illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>police seized over THB18m (US$499,000) in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) of the Royal Thai Police has arrested 26 people in raids targeting two illegal online gambling sites, ramruy.net and pok9.com. Officers seized  THB18m (US$499,000) in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those arrested were alleged beneficiaries, financial managers, account jockeys and administrators. Assets seized included cash, vehicles, designer bags, luxury watches, and electronic devices collectively valued at over THB40m (US$1.13m). The illegal operations reportedly generated over THB300m (US$8.3m) per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thai authorities have also extradited two South Korean nationals who were allegedly running an illicit online gambling platform under the name Oppa Casino.\u00a0Park Kyungjun and Park Jongmin faced penalties for visa violations in Thailand before being extradited to South Korea to face gambling charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-woman-arrested-for-promoting-illegal-online-lottery\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand: woman arrested for promoting illegal online lottery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>police seized over THB18m (US$499,000) in cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26405,"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, led by the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), conducted raids on two illicit online gambling platforms, ramruy.net and pok9.com, arresting 26 individuals and seizing over THB40m in assets. Concurrently, two South Korean nationals allegedly operating Oppa Casino were extradited to South Korea to face gambling charges, highlighting ongoing regional efforts against unregulated iGaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Royal Thai Police, Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), ramruy.net, pok9.com, Oppa Casino, Park Kyungjun, Park Jongmin","focusai_location":"Thailand, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of these enforcement actions on Thailand's potential for future iGaming regulation and the establishment of a licensed market?"},{"label":"Financial Crime Prevention","query":"How do the financial mechanisms employed by these illicit operations, particularly the role of 'account jockeys,' inform enhanced AML and fraud prevention strategies for legitimate payment processors and operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777013230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013230","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777013230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013241,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013230\/revisions\/777013241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}