DE Minister joins hands with cyber police Announcing the opening of Operation “The Purge” to wipe out criminals across the world. Foreigner arrested as the leader of the Hybrid Scam gang, tricking victims into investing and trading in cryptocurrencies. Inspecting and seizing assets worth more than 250 million baht and preparing to return the money to the victims on April 17, 2024, Mr. Prasert Chandraruangthong, Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DE), along with Mr. Suthikiat Weerakitpanich, Advisor to the Minister Ministry of DE Royal Thai Police Headquarters, led by Police Lieutenant General Worawat Wattanakornbancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Pol. Maj. Gen. Sathit Prom-uthai, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces 3, Pol. Maj. Gen. Chittiphon Phonpruksa, Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Police Station, Mr. Witthaya Netitham, Director of the Legal Division Chief Spokesperson of the Anti-Money Laundering Office and Mr. Akbar A. Head of Investigation – APAC (Binance) along with related officials attended the press conference on Operation “The Purge” to wipe out criminals across the world. Arresting foreigners who are the leaders of the Hybrid Scam gang, seizing over 250 million in assets and preparing to return the money to the victims as a result of Operation ‘Trust No One’ EP.1-5 in the case where the victims were deceived into investing in the form of a Hybrid Scam in which the criminals used methods to persuade the victims to Invest in cryptocurrencies through fake platforms Then have the victim buy USDT and transfer it to the digital wallet number specified by the criminal. before being transferred into the account of the cryptocurrency trading platform Cyber police investigated and obtained information linking to the real culprit who used the digital wallet, namely Mr. Shaoxian Su, a Chinese national, and others. And also found financial trails linking registered nominees to disguise transactions. Three Chinese national suspects were arrested, with 15 items of property seized, worth approximately 600 million baht, and an announcement was made for the victims to submit a request for return of the assets. Later, officials rushed to investigate and expand the results until they found that The culprits used random methods to contact people through various social media platforms. Then persuade people to believe that the criminals teach them how to invest in trading cryptocurrencies in order to make real profits. The victims were persuaded to transfer money to the bank accounts of various people (horse accounts) that the criminals claimed. It is an agent account that accepts exchanges for digital currencies. to transfer into the app Trading digital coins (fake apps) by one of the participants is a group of Chinese and Chinese Singaporeans. Until being able to collect evidence, issue arrest warrants for 26 people involved and request search warrants to search 4 important targets, being able to arrest 4 key suspects, namely Mr. Wasit, age 31, Ms. Siraphat, aged 25 years, Mr. Dong Jian, a Chinese national, aged 45 years, and Mr. Wei King Kek, a Singaporean national, aged 41 years, their bank accounts have been frozen. including inspection and seizure The assets and digital asset accounts of the accused and persons involved in the case have been seized with a total value of approximately 252.5 million baht and will be sent for legal action on charges of conspiring to defraud the public in the normal course of business by posing as other people, working together to act as a secret society. , working together as a den of thieves, working together in dishonesty or by fraudulently importing into the computer system computer data that is distorted or falsified, whether in whole or in part. or false computer information In a way that is likely to cause damage to the people, jointly participating in transnational criminal organizations. and together laundering money and conspiring to launder money In addition, it was found that such networks It is associated with a transnational criminal organization. Whether it’s a call center gang and online gambling websites which has a turnover of up to 30,000 million baht per year, Mr. Prasert said that the DE Ministry places importance on suppressing technological crimes. This is the main policy that the government gives importance to. By collaborating with the Royal Thai Police Related agencies Including promoting the exchange of security information between neighboring countries. Especially the problem of transnational crimes along the border. In the process of expanding the results of arresting and dismantling call center gangs Online gambling websites, ghost sims, and horse accounts in order to urgently solve problems for the people in checking, suspending, and restraining
