Benefit card loophole lets lawbreakers in front door

CIB chief Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej. (POLICE PHOTO) The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) is still looking into foreign nationals who are in the country on elite visas and engaging in suspicious company. The concern came to light after the CIB found that a Chinese suspect secondhand a Thailand Privilege Card visa to live here and wash substantial amounts of cash for call centre rip-off gangs. “Chen Yon Lai is a secret figure who washes cash for unlawful rip-off gangs in the area,” Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej stated in an interview with the Bangkok Post. Mr Chen, 52, was jailed at a high-end home in Phasi Charoen district of Bangkok on April 28, the exactsame day cops likewise apprehended a Thai member of his gang, determined just as Anan, 44, at his home in the eastern province of Chachoengsao. During the raid, authorities took 11 million baht in money, 2 computersystems, 7 mobile phones, 8 bank account books, 13 money cards, 5 carsandtrucks and other possessions worth about 42 million baht in overall. Police discovered Mr Chen handled digital wallets with about 70 billion baht in flow. The arrest of the thinks was the outcome of an broadened examination that saw authorities arrest 5 members of a call centre gang last year. The gang developed a phony site on the CIB Facebook page to defraud individuals of their cash. Police examined additional and discovered lotsof other individuals included, consistingof Mr Chen and Anan. They were in charge of handling digital wallets utilized in illegal deals and changing digital possessions into money. Following that, authorities browsed 8 property to nab the 2 thinks: 4 in Bangkok, 2 in Samut Prakan, 2 more in Chachoengsao, and one in Nakhon Ratchasima. Five extra individuals linked to the 2 implicated were likewise welcomed in for questioning. Mr Chen and Anan were charged with conspiring in public scams and multinational criminaloffense, inputting incorrect details into a computersystem system and laundering cash. They rejected all charges. After looking through the cell phones that were taken from Mr Chen, the authorities acquired evidence that he was utilizing an app to manage lotsof digital wallets for a Cambodian call centre gang. “Mr Chen is a secret gamer for the gang since h
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