Commando Police Arrest Call Center Gang Member in Bangkok
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Commandos arrested a call center gang member who posed as police to trick victims into returning money, then manipulated them into clicking transfer links 64 times, resulting in losses of tens of millions of baht. The suspect still denies involvement, claiming flood waters destroyed her documents.
On October 29, 2026, Pol. Lt. Gen. Arun Wachirasrisukanya, Commander of the Crime Suppression Division, ordered Pol. Col. Apichan Khanka, Superintendent of Sub-Division 4, and Pol. Lt. Col. Paiboon Phimkamnerd, Deputy Superintendent of Sub-Division 4, to lead a team to arrest Ms. Usuma (surname withheld), age 38. She was wanted on a Chiang Mai Provincial Court warrant for abetting fraud by impersonation, abetting fraud by deceit or deception into a computer system with false data likely to cause damage, and allowing others to use her deposit or electronic accounts knowing they would be used for technology crimes.
The arrest took place on Kamphaeng Phet 6 Road in Chatuchak District, Bangkok.
The investigation began when a victim purchased a mobile phone via Facebook but was scammed. Subsequently, a scammer contacted the victim via LINE, posing as "Pol. Lt. Col. Keratikorn Suphaseripha" from the police systems division, claiming they could recover the money. They sent a fake link and lured the victim into contacting an accomplice posing as an "accounting officer." The victim was then tricked into transferring processing fees under various pretexts, making 64 transfers totaling 8,163,191 baht.
The victim's son noticed the anomaly, stopped his mother, and filed a report at Phu Ping Ratchaniwet Police Station in Chiang Mai.
Investigation revealed Ms. Usuma, one of the suspects, had traveled to Bangkok's Kamphaeng Phet 6 area, where the arrest team apprehended her.
Initially, the suspect denied ever opening a mule account or lending her account to anyone, and denied any involvement with scammer gangs. She claimed she normally lives alone in a rubber plantation house, where she kept her bank books, passwords, and ID card, but during recent floods the documents may have been lost, and she had not reported it.
Police did not believe her explanation and detained her, handing her over to Phu Ping Ratchaniwet Police Station investigators for further legal proceedings.
