Immigration Bureau arrests 3 Chinese nationals who have changed their nationality to Vanuatu, the head of an international online gambling network and the head of the call center gang system, with a turnover of over 55 billion baht.
Police Division 4 also commanded the investigation of the Immigration Bureau and the Chonburi Immigration Office to arrest 3 foreigners: Mr. Su, age 47, Ms. Zhang, age 46, and Mr. Su Jiang, age 39. All 3 are Chinese/Vanuatu nationals. They were arrested at their residence in Soi Tung Klom Tal Man 12, Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.
Following the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Thailand sending a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that Thailand help arrest Mr. Xu, the first accused, as an extradited fugitive to prosecute him for the crime of fraud of state and public property and the crime of opening a gambling den (casino), the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Office of International Affairs, Office of the Attorney Gener
al later filed a request with the Criminal Court to issue a temporary arrest warrant for Mr. Xu and sent the arrest warrant to the National Police Office for investigation and arrest.
The investigation found that Mr. Xu used a Vanuatu passport to travel to Thailand instead of a Chinese passport. It was also found that Ms. Zhang and Mr. Xu Jiang, the second and third suspects, who are relatives of Mr. Xu, also held Vanuatu passports and traveled to Thailand.
Immigration coordinated with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Thailand to check the history of Ms. Zhang and Mr. Su Jiang. It was reported that both individuals are Chinese nationals. Ms. Zhang has a history of fraud against state and public property and the offense of opening a gambling den (casino), while Mr. Su Jiang has a history of offenses against the offense of opening a gambling den (casino).
The investigation team found out that the three people often moved their addresses to make it harder to arrest them. The last time they mov
ed to hide in a luxury house in Soi Tung Klom-Tal Man 12, Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province, they jointly brought a search warrant from the Pattaya Provincial Court to search the house. The search results found the three foreigners living in the house. They also found mobile phones, several laptop computers, and various documents related to the naturalization of the three people and their children. When questioned, Mr. Su admitted that he was the person on the international arrest warrant. The investigation found that the three people had entered Thailand with Vanuatu passports. Ms. Zhang and Mr. Su Jiang’s permission to stay in the Kingdom had expired.
For the criminal behavior of Mr. Xu and Ms. Zhang, they colluded with their associates to set up an organization called ‘Ying Fa’ which organized online casino gambling, with the center located in Manila, Philippines and in the United Arab Emirates. There were a number of people who were members of the gambling, with a turnover of
more than 55,000 million baht. Mr. Xu was the leader of the call center gang involved in defrauding others via telecommunications systems by setting up a website system and various systems related to the back-end system of the call center gang based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.-
Source: Thai News Agency