Company Executive Arrested for Lending Bank Account to Fraudster
A 66-year-old Sisaket businesswoman was arrested at the Thai-Lao border after lending her company bank account to an acquaintance who used it for fraud schemes, resulting in charges of assisting in financial crimes.
On September 13, 2025, Nong Khai Immigration Police, led by Deputy Director Thiayachaiphat Rangsiphramankul, arrested a 66-year-old businesswoman from Sisaket at the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in Nong Khai municipality. She was wanted by Chaiyaphum Provincial Court on charges of assisting others in committing fraud, identity misrepresentation, and computer crime by knowingly allowing her bank account to be used for illegal purposes.
During interrogation, the woman explained that approximately nine months earlier, an acquaintance who worked in land and mortgage trading asked to borrow her company bank account. He said he needed it to process a senior citizen loan application in the United States for 60 million baht. She agreed and lent him the account. She later discovered unusual and frequent transfers in and out of the account, which became abnormal. The account was frozen three months ago and could no longer be used for transactions.
Today, as she attempted to travel to Laos through the Nong Khai border checkpoint, officers discovered the warrant against her and arrested her. She will be handed over to investigators for further legal proceedings.
