Highway Police Arrest Woman Wanted on Three Money Mule Warrants
Highway police in Hua Hin arrested a woman wanted on three money mule warrants; she claims she was trafficked to Cambodia through a fake job scam and forced to facilitate financial fraud.
Prachuap Khiri Khan highway police arrested a 28-year-old woman from Kamphaeng Phet in Hua Hin after discovering she had three outstanding arrest warrants for acting as a money mule. The warrants were issued by courts in Surin, Samut Sakhon, and Surat Thani provinces.
During questioning, the woman claimed she had responded to a Facebook job advertisement offering a salary of 12,000–15,000 baht. She traveled from Kamphaeng Phet to meet a broker in Bangkok, who asked for her ID card, mobile phone, and to open two bank accounts supposedly for salary deposits. The broker then drove her to the border in Sa Kaeo province, where an armed Thai man guided them across a natural crossing into Cambodia.
Upon arrival, her phone, ID card, and bank books were confiscated. She was forced to reveal her banking passwords and undergo facial scans 20–30 times for use in financial transactions. She was held in a shared room and scanned regularly until about a week later when her bank accounts were frozen. The group then drove her back to the Thai side in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo, released her without returning her belongings, and left her to find her own way home.
Police initially charged her per the arrest warrants before handing her over to investigators at Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station for further legal proceedings.
