BANGKOK – Police have broken up a Chinese-led call center scam ring accused of tricking victims out of large sums of money, with assets worth more than 14 million baht seized during the operation. All six suspects denied the charges at the initial stage.
On March 20, 2026, senior officers from Provincial Police Region 1 and Nonthaburi police held a briefing on the results of the raid. The operation targeted a network linked to call center fraud and financial deception.
The case began after an elderly woman, a retired civil servant, filed a complaint on September 6, 2025. She told police that a caller claimed to be a finance officer from a hospital.
The scammer said she had not submitted documents needed to protect her pension account. The caller also warned that if she failed to act, she would no longer be able to view her pension slip.
The suspect told her that five accounts needed protection and asked her to prepare her ID card and house registration documents. When the victim said she could not travel to complete the process, the caller changed tactics and said they could arrange an OTP code for her first.
Victim Conned into Giving Bank Info
About a week later, another scammer called and claimed to be an officer from the Comptroller General’s Department. This person repeated the same story and said the victim needed a six-digit code to prepare PDPA documents, which were described as papers for deposit protection, account safety, and pension record security.
The caller also said the process was necessary so she could continue downloading her salary slip.
Because the details sounded convincing, the victim agreed. The scammer then asked her to add them on Line so they could send official-looking documents. Those documents included her personal history and the names of several bank accounts in her name.
After that, the suspects instructed her to open her banking app and follow their steps. They tricked her into entering a document number in the bank account field and a branch code in the amount field. As a result, she transferred money out of her account without realizing she was making a payment.
She sent money twice, losing a total of 762,995 baht. When she could no longer contact the callers, she realized she had been scammed and reported the case to investigators at Pak Kret Police Station.
Police later found that on the same day, 20 other victims had been deceived by the same group through the same money trail, with total losses exceeding 2 million baht.
Investigators from Pak Kret Police Station and Nonthaburi Provincial Police then traced the financial route. Their inquiry showed that the network involved both Chinese and Thai suspects and operated on a large scale.
Police Trace Funds
Police found that victims funds were moved through TrueMoney systems and several mule accounts opened by Thai nationals. That setup made the money harder to trace. The funds were later transferred into multiple accounts linked to the Chinese network.
After gathering evidence, police obtained arrest warrants from the Nonthaburi Provincial Court for nine suspects. They also secured search warrants from the Thonburi Criminal Court for three locations in Bangkok.
The operation led officers to raid two houses inside a housing estate on Phutthamonthon Sai 3 Road in Bang Phai, Bang Khae, Bangkok. A third target was a house in Soi Phetkasem 24 in Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen, Phasi Charoen district.
During the raids, police arrested several suspects, including Mr. Xuchen Xu, 46, a Chinese national with Thai citizenship, and Ms. Thantip Suaythong, 60.
Officers also tracked down and arrested Mr. Wang Qinsen, 31, a Chinese national described as a key figure in the group, along with Mr. Zhenqiu Chen, 39, Mr. Shixiong Xu, 43, and Ms. Chuoing Zhou, 51, all Chinese nationals.
Some of the suspects were caught while withdrawing 7 million baht in cash at a Kasikornbank counter inside ICONSIAM in Bangkok’s Khlong San area.
In total, police arrested six people in the network, five Chinese nationals and one Thai nominee allegedly acting on behalf of the group.
Officers also seized 229 items, including 10,820,360 baht in cash, two cars, one motorcycle, jewelry, brand-name bags, bank passbooks, and a large number of ATM cards. The total value of the seized property was estimated at more than 14 million baht.
Police said the group faces multiple charges. These include involvement in a transnational criminal organization, criminal association, operating as a secret society, public fraud by impersonation, entering false or distorted data into a computer system in a way that may harm the public, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and joint money laundering.
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