CHIANG RAI– Police are investigation after a group involved in mule account scams in Chiang Saen recently attacked one of their own at her apartment. The victim had taken off with nearly 200,000 baht, which angered the leader of the group.
The gang showed up in numbers, beat her up and even livestreamed the incident to send a message.
On August 9, 2025, an Instagram user named Prarichat_2oo5 posted the videos showing a fight inside a room in Chiang Saen. The room was crowded with teens and young adults, both male and female.
The video captured the group arguing and hitting a young woman, who ended up lying motionless on the floor.
The account belonged to Mint Parkdee, a 20-year-old from Kheeree Suwan village in Doi Luang district, Chiang Rai. She was livestreaming the attack on Instagram, showing off the group’s power.
The incident took place in mid-July. The victim was later identified as Khem, who is allegedly underage.
In the video, Mint Parkdee claims Khem stole almost 200,000 baht from a mule account. The group arranged to meet at Khem’s room to settle the issue, but Mint and her followers used the opportunity to beat Khem until she lost consciousness.
According to a confidential police report, this group is part of a network of young people running mule accounts in Chiang Saen.
Mint Parkdee acts as a recruiter for the mule account ring, which has ties to several local gangs. Her role is to find young people willing to open fake bank accounts in the area. This operation has been running for some time.
She allegedly directs the group to withdraw cash from ATMs and deliver it to her, before she hands it over to a boss named Golf in Mae Sai district. The video shows that Khem went to withdraw money and then disappeared with the cash.
This led Mint Parkdee to track her down and attack her in her own room while broadcasting the whole thing to warn others in the group. The message was clear: anyone who tries to steal money will face the same treatment.
Mint Parkdee has connections with several mule account networks. She continues to operate despite being well-known in the area, and so far, no legal action has been taken.
A Mule account is a bank account set up or controlled by people who may not realise they are being used or who are forced into helping. Criminals use these accounts to move illegal funds gained from online scams, fraud, or shady call centres.
The goal is to hide the original source of the money by moving it around, making it hard for authorities to track. This is common in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand, where organised crime networks, often run by Chinese nationals, pay locals small sums to set up accounts or carry out transfers for them.
In Chiang Rai, a province in northern Thailand near the borders with Myanmar and Laos, many mule accounts are tied to criminal groups that operate across borders. These syndicates often run call centres in nearby countries like Cambodia and Myanmar.
Money taken from victims in places as far away as the US or Thailand itself is sent through Thai banks using these accounts.
The area’s closeness to the Golden Triangle, a region known for illicit activities, makes it a centre for these crimes. Criminals use digital currencies, fake mobile apps, and even human trafficking to help run their online scams and shift money between accounts.
