Thai Cybercrime Police Arrest 12 in Alleged Online Gambling and Money Laundering Operation

Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has arrested 12 suspects in connection with an alleged online gambling and money laundering syndicate, while seizing and freezing assets valued at more than THB13 million (approximately $388,000). The coordinated enforcement operation was carried out at multiple locations across Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Tak provinces.

The arrests were announced during a press conference held on Monday at CCIB headquarters in Muang Thong Thani. The briefing was led by Deputy CCIB Commissioners Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapantakan Klaikhlueng and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinnakorn Rangmat, who outlined the results of the investigation and the coordinated raids.

According to investigators, the operation, conducted under the codename "All Game End Game," targeted an online gambling platform identified as All Game 248. Authorities allege that the website accepted bets on matches connected with the 2026 FIFA World Cup in addition to offering various other forms of online gambling.

Police said the platform had been operating for approximately 18 months and had attracted a membership base consisting primarily of school students, university students and members of the general public. Pol. Maj. Gen. Kritach Bamrungrattanayot, commander of CCIB 4, stated that financial analysis covering the previous three months indicated the operation generated transaction volumes of around THB1 billion (approximately $29.9 million) every month.

Investigators further alleged that the organization laundered gambling proceeds through a network of more than 200 mule bank accounts. Each of these accounts reportedly processed between THB10 million (approximately $299,000) and THB100 million (around $3 million) every month. In addition, authorities identified more than 20 other bank accounts that were directly connected to the suspects. Police alleged that the network relied on illegal payment gateway systems, registered mule accounts under company names and recruited foreign nationals to act as account holders in an effort to evade regulatory scrutiny. Investigators also stated that the group's administrators were organized according to different geographic regions.

Search warrants were executed at five separate properties during the operation. These included two luxury residences in the Bangna-Trad area, a house in Muang Samut Prakan, a condominium in Samrong Nuea, a residence in the Prachautit area of Bangkok's Thung Khru district and another house located in Mae Sot, Tak province, near the border with Myanmar. During the searches, officers recovered approximately THB3 million (about $89,600) in cash, 20 bank passbooks and multiple electronic devices. Authorities also froze an additional THB10 million (approximately $299,000) that was held in various bank accounts.

Among those taken into custody was a 35-year-old former secretary to the president of a provincial administrative organization. Police said the individual had previously been implicated in an online investment fraud case. Investigators allege that he acted as the principal intermediary responsible for converting cash proceeds generated by the gambling operation into cryptocurrency before transferring the digital assets to wallets controlled by the network's senior beneficiaries. Authorities estimated that these cryptocurrency transactions involved no less than THB500 million (approximately $14.9 million) every month.

The 12 people arrested include the former political aide, three individuals accused of serving as cash couriers, three mule-account holders, including one Myanmar national, and five suspects alleged to have opened mule accounts using corporate entities. Courts had approved arrest warrants for a total of 15 individuals, leaving three suspects who remain at large.

Those arrested have been charged with jointly operating unauthorized electronic gambling services, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering. Police said they are continuing to work with the Anti-Money Laundering Office to trace the movement of funds, identify and freeze additional assets connected to the operation and determine the identities of the network's ultimate beneficiaries.

Authorities said the investigation forms part of a broader nationwide enforcement campaign targeting illegal gambling activities linked to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The crackdown is being conducted under the policy direction of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Ruthaphon Naowarat, while Police Commissioner-General Pol. Gen. Kitrat Panphet ordered the nationwide operation.