The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has held discussions with the police and financial institutions on using the Anti-Money Laundering Act to seize the assets of online gambling and call center rings.
AMLO held the meeting to coordinate between AMLO’s operation center and relevant agencies on the issue of call center fraud. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Royal Thai Police, the Tourist Police Bureau, 36 financial institutions, as well as mobile service providers and e-money solutions businesses.
AMLO Acting Secretary-General Pol Maj Gen Romasit Wiriyasan, disclosed that AMLO’s operation center has been receiving complaints from victims of call center fraud since November last year. It has since been able to provide up to 20 million baht’s worth of immediate refunds and has prevented numerous fraudulent cash withdrawals. It has also collaborated with the authorities to crackdown on fraudulent call centers and seize assets.
The most recent meeting is intended to ramp up enforcement measures and expand the agency’s law enforcement operations to encompass all 26 offenses that involve seizing assets according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, such as drug offenses and fraud.
AMLO’s operation center has also been monitoring and suppressing all forms of online gambling, such as via LINE groups, Facebook, or websites. Officials take the same approach to illegal gambling as they do against fraudulent call centers, which is to seize the assets of both the dealer and players and reach out to the transacting financial institution to investigate account activity. Police have so far prosecuted more than 1,000 people for gambling since the start of the World Cup, 100 of whom were dealers.
Investigations have also discovered online gambling sites used by Thais that originate in neighboring countries. Officials are therefore cooperating with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission to block these websites.
Information and Source
Reporter : Benjamin Rujopakarn
Rewriter : Rodney McNeil
National News Bureau & Public Relations
AMLO held the meeting to coordinate between AMLO’s operation center and relevant agencies on the issue of call center fraud. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Royal Thai Police, the Tourist Police Bureau, 36 financial institutions, as well as mobile service providers and e-money solutions businesses.
AMLO Acting Secretary-General Pol Maj Gen Romasit Wiriyasan, disclosed that AMLO’s operation center has been receiving complaints from victims of call center fraud since November last year. It has since been able to provide up to 20 million baht’s worth of immediate refunds and has prevented numerous fraudulent cash withdrawals. It has also collaborated with the authorities to crackdown on fraudulent call centers and seize assets.
The most recent meeting is intended to ramp up enforcement measures and expand the agency’s law enforcement operations to encompass all 26 offenses that involve seizing assets according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, such as drug offenses and fraud.
AMLO’s operation center has also been monitoring and suppressing all forms of online gambling, such as via LINE groups, Facebook, or websites. Officials take the same approach to illegal gambling as they do against fraudulent call centers, which is to seize the assets of both the dealer and players and reach out to the transacting financial institution to investigate account activity. Police have so far prosecuted more than 1,000 people for gambling since the start of the World Cup, 100 of whom were dealers.
Investigations have also discovered online gambling sites used by Thais that originate in neighboring countries. Officials are therefore cooperating with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission to block these websites.
Information and Source
Reporter : Benjamin Rujopakarn
Rewriter : Rodney McNeil
National News Bureau & Public Relations
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