Woman Arrested for Fake ID, 57 Million Baht Land Fraud

Chumphon immigration police arrested a 41-year-old woman after discovering she had used a fraudulent birth registration to obtain a Thai ID card, register land, and operate a durian packing facility worth over 57 million baht. On October 29, 2026, Pol. Lt. Col. Santi Manirat, superintendent of Chumphon Immigration, along with Chumphon Provincial Police and Lang Suan Police, apprehended the 41-year-old suspect at a rented house in Wang Tako subdistrict, Lang Suan district, Chumphon province, based on investigative intelligence. Prior to the arrest, officials had received Registrar Order No. 5/2026 dated July 1, 2026, ordering the revocation of the suspect's household registration after it was found that her birth notification was not in accordance with the law. Officials discovered that her name was first entered into a house register in Tha Chana district, Yasothon province, before being transferred and processed for an ID card a total of nine times, with the final registration occurring in Lang Suan district, Chumphon province. Subsequently, Chumphon Immigration and Chumphon Provincial Police investigated and found information about the registration of a company and the holding of seven land plots valued at over 57 million baht, one of which is a durian sorting and packing plant that was rented out to others for business operations. Initially, officials charged her with giving false statements to officials, causing officials to record false statements in official documents, violations of the Civil Registration Act B.E. 2535, the National Identity Card Act B.E. 2526 for applying for an ID card without Thai nationality, violations of the Land Code, and the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 for being an alien residing in the Kingdom without permission. Following the arrest, the suspect was handed over to Lang Suan Police investigators for further legal proceedings.