{"id":777015050,"date":"2024-04-26T09:23:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015050"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:48:08","slug":"thai-sisters-arrested-for-allegedly-running-illegal-online-gambling-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-sisters-arrested-for-allegedly-running-illegal-online-gambling-website","title":{"rendered":"Thai sisters arrested for allegedly running illegal online gambling website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four alleged accomplices were also arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- Two sisters were arrested yesterday (April 25) along with four staff members for allegedl running an illegal online gambling website in Lampang province, northern Thailand.\u00a0The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) investigated three houses in Bo Haew and seized four cars, four motorcycles, over 200,000 baht in cash, diamond ornaments and brand-name bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCIB said a website named Hppoipet\u00a0had placed ads to induce people to gamble online.\u00a0They said the site had more than 5,000 customers, including Thai and Cambodian citizens, and had been in business for 7 years. Another suspect, Kotchakorn Iang-on, 28, is being sought after allegedly opening a bank account with revenue from the website.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-police-arrest-two-over-illegal-online-lottery-operation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thai police arrest two over illegal online lottery&nbsp;operation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only legal forms of gambling in Thailand are horse racing in Bangkok and the government-sponsored Thai lottery. The Thai Ministry of Finance is\u00a0currently\u00a0working with<strong>\u00a016 government agencies\u00a0<\/strong>to explore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-ministry-of-finance-to-work-with-other-government-bodies-on-casino-feasibility-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the viability of allowing casino complexes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four alleged accomplices were also arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21186,"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 have apprehended six individuals, including two sisters, for operating Hppoipet, an illegal online gambling platform active for seven years with over 5,000 customers. This enforcement action in Lampang province underscores Thailand's stringent anti-gambling regulations, even as the Ministry of Finance explores the potential for regulated casino complexes.","focusai_entities":"Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), Hppoipet, Kotchakorn Iang-on, Thai Ministry of Finance","focusai_location":"Thailand, Lampang, Bo Haew, Bangkok, Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thai Market Liberalization?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2C licensing models is the Thai Ministry of Finance considering for the proposed casino complexes, and how might these impact the existing illegal market's GGR?"},{"label":"Cross-border AML Risks?","query":"Given the reported customer base includes Cambodian citizens, what cross-border AML and regulatory cooperation challenges does this illegal operation highlight for regional financial intelligence units and compliance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777015050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015050","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=777015050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015070,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015050\/revisions\/777015070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}