Online casino’s equipment seized while being shifted from Myawaddy to Poipet
A POLICE and military unit patrolling Mae Sot border area late last night (July 14) ran into a group of Myanmar smugglers moving an online casino’s computer equipment into the country from Myawaddy township with this likely being taken across the country to Cambodia’s Poipet border town across from Aranyaprathet, Amarin TV said this […]
Read MoreThousands of gambling websites shut as Euro 2024 kicks off today
By TV Channel 7 and AP – published by Yahoo!News CYBER CRIME police have been busy tackling widespread online betting on UEFA Euro 2024 football matches with the tournament kicking off in Munich, Germany, today (June 14) and have shut as many as 8,000 gambling websites this month alone, TV Channel 7 said late […]
Read MoreCourt dismisses macau888 online gambling charges against businessman
THE Criminal Court this morning (June 11) dismissed a case against a well-known Thai businessman who was among nine suspects arrested on charges of running macau888 and one other online gambling website and money laundering after an expose by his former girlfriend actress Arisara “Due” Thongborisut, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Chaiwat “Benz Daemon” […]
Read MoreAlmost 24 million baht seized in gambling website raids
CYBER Crime police raided five places used to run an online gambling website with a billion baht monthly turnover and seized nearly 24 million baht in cash, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said today (May 18). Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Watnakhonbuncha, head of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, said operation “Hang Up” had targeted […]
Read MoreTaopoon police station chief changes his mind, not resigning anymore
THE SUPERINTENDENT of Taopoon police station who wanted to resign because he could no longer cope with the pressure of handling an online website case involving both National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon and Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, has changed his mind and is no longer […]
Read MorePoliceman among 32 nabbed in Phuket gambling den raid
AS A police officer who was among 32 gamblers arrested during a raid on a Phuket gambling den soon after midnight last night (Apr. 6) still refuses to give a statement the island province’s Police Chief has ordered his superior to investigate the facts, Naewna newspaper said. A team from Phuket City police station […]
Read MoreAll posters promoting gambling websites disappear as police move in
BEFORE POLICE arrived to investigate online gambling websites having without let or fear mounted a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city, all the drivers of large and small four-wheel buses plus tuk-tuks had already removed the posters, Naewna newspaper said late last night (Mar. 23). Pol. Lt. Col. Chantarit Laophairojcharee, deputy chief for […]
Read MoreOnline gambling websites mount bus advertising in Chiang Rai
SOME ONLINE gambling websites have boldly launched a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city with this leading to a large number of residents complaining but officials have yet to take any action to stop it, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 22). An inspection of Chiang Rai Provincial Bus Terminal No. 1 where around […]
Read MoreGraft-busters not sending case against Big Joke back to police
THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) decided at a meeting today (Mar. 4) to itself investigate a case against Deputy Police Chief Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, and five of his subordinates involving allegations of links to a gambling website and not return it police Anti-Corruption Division to do so, Naewna newspaper said this […]
Read MoreBig Joke dismisses involvement in money-laundering, online gambling charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, yesterday (Feb.16) dismissed allegations that he had been involved in money-laundering and running a gambling website. The well-known deputy police chief admitted that as many as eight police officers under his command had been accused of alleged involvement in the money-laundering […]
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