Bookstore employee detained for opening account to receive money from gambling website

DSI detains suspect, bookstore employee, Maemon network, gambling website mule account, has money deposited and withdrawn more than 526 times - Court denies bail! After the 3rd Operations Unit, Investigation and Intelligence Center arrested Ms. Phassorn on July 5, 2024 and took her to the Special Case Investigation Officer, Technology and Information Division for legal proceedings, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, the Special Case Investigation Officer, Technology and Information Division, Department of Special Investigation, after interrogation, took Ms. Phassorn to the Criminal Court for detention. She filed an objection to bail because it is a case that affects the economy, society, and good morals, and the court did not allow bail. Following Ms. Passorn being the 15th accused in Special Case No. 76/2566, regarding accessing another person's bank account via mobile banking and internet banking applications to advertise and invite others to gamble via electronic media, which resulted in the general public havi ng access to online gambling, the investigation found that Ms. Passorn had made transactions to transfer, receive transfers, and change the nature of assets related to the offense in order to hide or conceal the source of the assets, a total of 526 times, using a commercial bank account to transfer money to customers. An investigation of the financial trail found a cash flow between July 2566 and September 2566 in the amount of 13,147,783.11 baht. Source: Thai News Agency