An officer from the Immigration Bureau and CIB was called to help the police apprehend a 32-year-old suspect in Bang Lamung, Pattaya.
This arrest follows information received from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok regarding a possible connection between the suspect and an online gambling system that engaged in illegal gambling in Shwe Kokko, Myanmar. The network was estimated to have facilitated activities across 239 casinos and have approximately 330,000 users from China.
The arrest comes as the suspect had allegedly been on the run from Chinese Authorities. To evade capture, he changed nationalities and used a passport from Saint Kitts and Nevis entered Thailand. His apprehension occurred during an early morning operation while he was trying to leave Thailand.
The suspect was arrested and turned over to the authorities, at which time he was found to have had his visa revoked. He is undergoing deportation and prosecution procedures in China.
The Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office has also frozen assets that have been linked to various crimes committed in Thailand, to include money laundering.
The authorities seized 34 different assets, including vehicles, bank accounts, securities, loans and cash, with a total value of approximately THB 8.27 billion ($260 million).
