{"id":777033824,"date":"2025-10-29T08:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777033824"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:42:25","slug":"former-muay-thai-champion-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-gambling-network-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-muay-thai-champion-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-gambling-network-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Former muay thai champion arrested for allegedly running online gambling network in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police say the platform handled over US$2.7m in illegal bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has confirmed the arrest of Weerapong, a former muay thai champion known as Puenkon Tor Surat, after an investigation into the gambling website g2g69bet. The platform reportedly processed more than THB100m (US$2.7m) in illegal wagers over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation involved simultaneous raids at nine locations in Chonburi and Lamphun provinces. Police arrested eight suspects, including alleged website administrators, cash handlers, and account operators, seizing mobile phones, bank books, ATM cards, computers and other financial records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During questioning, Weerapong, once a Super Flyweight 115-pound titleholder and winner of the 2016 National Muay Thai Day Best Boxer of the Year award, reportedly admitted to managing the platform for more than three years. He told police the venture had begun as a side business but eventually became his main source of income after his sporting career declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All suspects face charges of operating and promoting online gambling without authorisation, as well as money laundering. The CCIB confirmed that seized assets and evidence have been transferred, with investigators continuing to trace additional financial links.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Marina Bay Sands fined over major 2023 data breach<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police say the platform handled over US$2.7m in illegal bets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":21800,"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 Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), have arrested a former muay thai champion and seven others for operating g2g69bet, an unauthorized online gambling platform that processed over US$2.7m in illegal wagers. The arrests, part of a multi-location raid, highlight ongoing regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming operations and associated money laundering activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Weerapong, Puenkon Tor Surat, Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), g2g69bet","focusai_location":"Thailand, Chonburi, Lamphun","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Efficacy","query":"What specific enhancements to Thailand's regulatory compliance and enforcement frameworks are anticipated following this significant interdiction of an unauthorized iGaming operation?"},{"label":"Financial Crime Vectors","query":"Beyond the immediate money laundering charges, what are the broader financial crime vectors typically associated with such large-scale illegal gambling platforms, and how are payment service providers mitigating these risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24634,342],"class_list":["post-777033824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033824","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777033824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033838,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033824\/revisions\/777033838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777033824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}