Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has arrested 12 people over an alleged online gambling and money laundering network, seizing and freezing assets worth more than THB13 million ($388,000) in coordinated raids across Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Tak provinces.
The arrests were announced at a press conference at CCIB headquarters in Muang Thong Thani on Monday, led by Deputy CCIB Commissioners Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapantakan Klaikhlueng and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thinnakorn Rangmat.
Officers said the operation, codenamed “All Game End Game,” targeted a platform called All Game 248, which allegedly accepted wagers on 2026 FIFA World Cup matches alongside other gambling products.
Police said the site had operated for roughly 18 months and that its membership consisted largely of school and university students as well as members of the general public. Pol. Maj. Gen. Kritach Bamrungrattanayot, commander of CCIB 4, said financial checks over the previous three months showed turnover of about THB1 billion ($29.9 million) per month.
Investigators said the network laundered proceeds through more than 200 mule accounts, each cycling between THB10 million ($299,000) and THB100 million ($3 million) monthly, with more than 20 further accounts linked directly to the suspects. Police alleged the operation used illegal payment gateway systems, registered mule accounts in the names of companies, and brought in foreign nationals as account holders to frustrate scrutiny. Administrators were said to be divided by region.
Officers executed search warrants at five locations: two luxury homes in the Bangna-Trad area, a house in Muang Samut Prakan, a condominium in Samrong Nuea, a house in the Prachautit area of Thung Khru district, and a house in Mae Sot, Tak province, on the Myanmar border. The searches yielded about THB3 million ($89,600) in cash, 20 bank passbooks and a number of electronic devices. A further THB10 million ($299,000) held in accounts was frozen.
Among those arrested was a 35-year-old former secretary to the president of a provincial administrative organization, who police said had a prior record in an online investment fraud case. Investigators allege he served as the network’s principal conduit for converting cash proceeds into cryptocurrency and moving it to wallets controlled by senior beneficiaries, at a rate they estimated at no less than THB500 million ($14.9 million) per month.
The 12 arrested comprise the former political aide, three cash couriers, three mule-account holders – including a Myanmar national – and five people who opened mule accounts in corporate names. Courts had issued arrest warrants for 15 people, leaving three still at large.
Those detained face charges of jointly providing electronic gambling without authorization, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. Police said they were coordinating with the Anti-Money Laundering Office to trace financial flows and freeze further assets, and were working to identify the network’s principal beneficiaries.
The operation forms part of a nationwide enforcement push against illegal betting during the 2026 World Cup, pursued under the policy direction of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Ruthaphon Naowarat, with Police Commissioner-General Pol. Gen. Kitrat Panphet ordering the sweep.
