Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police have shut down two online gambling networks and seized about Bt200 million in assets, including five luxury cars, two luxury wristwatches, Bt8 million in cash, 25 land title deeds and several bank books, in coordinated raids in Bangkok and Songkhla province.
Pol Lt-Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha, commissioner of the CCIB, told a press conference today that the two networks, which were being operated by the same group of people, had about 50,000 subscribers and took about Bt480 million in bets each year.
Thirteen people have been arrested, including a website administrator, three website owners, nine employees and “mule” account owners.
He said that the two networks had been operating for about five years.
All the suspects will face multiple charges, including money laundering and being engaged in illegal gambling activities.
