MGR Online — The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) has dismantled a fraudulent network that lured victims into investing in an online shop called "Style Cycle," arresting 17 suspects and seizing assets worth more than 23 million baht. The network has been found to be connected to a scammer gang in Poipet, with 149 million baht in circulation.
Today (24 Jul.), Police Lieutenant General Natthasak Chaowanasai, Commander of the Central Investigation Bureau, together with Police Colonel Watcharaphan Siripak, Deputy Commander of the TCSD; Police Colonel Nithi Trisuwan, Acting Superintendent of Sub-Division 2, TCSD; Police Lieutenant Colonel (female) Nimmita Suphan, Inspector (Investigation), Sub-Division 2, TCSD; and Police Lieutenant Latthaphon Akkhapanya, Deputy Inspector (Investigation), Sub-Division 2, TCSD, jointly announced the results of a search operation conducted at 19 locations across 11 provinces. The operation resulted in the arrest of 17 suspects named in arrest warrants and the seizure of assets valued at more than 23 million baht.
The suspects are divided into three groups: a command-and-control and money laundering group of 3 persons; a money receiving, transferring, and cash withdrawal group of 7 persons; and a mule account group of another 7 persons. A large number of items were seized as exhibits, including mobile phones, bank passbooks, electronic cards, cash in multiple currencies, gold bars weighing 45 baht (Thai weight unit), 6 luxury cars, Buddhist amulets, jewelry, branded bags and shoes, luxury watches, and diamond rings, with a combined value of more than 23 million baht.
Police Lieutenant Latthaphon disclosed that the case began when victims were solicited through a Facebook page to open online shops, before being pulled into a Line OpenChat group called "Buy-Sell Style Cycle Market," which built credibility using more than 1,000 fake member accounts. The perpetrators then tricked victims into registering a shop through the "STYLE CYCLE" website, claiming that store credit had to be topped up in order to be able to withdraw money from sales proceeds. The victims were subsequently deceived into transferring money to complete missions of topping up credit and rotating stock. After being taken in, victims transferred money a total of 25 times, ranging from hundreds to millions of baht, resulting in damages exceeding 14.75 million baht, yet they were unable to withdraw any money from the system. Once the victims filed a complaint, investigators traced a complex financial trail involving cash withdrawals, wire transfers to purchase export goods sent to Cambodia, and gold purchases — all used to conceal the origin of the funds.
Police Lieutenant Latthaphon further stated that the investigation revealed that Ms. Priyada had set up a front company in Mae Sot District, Tak Province, serving as a money laundering conduit for a Chinese scammer network operating on the Myanmar and Cambodia sides of the border, receiving a 25 percent commission on the funds. Meanwhile, Cheewan served as a cash collector, forwarding money to the Chinese network and receiving a 5 percent commission. Investigations found that in 2025, the network had more than 149 million baht in circulation and was linked to more than 226 online fraud cases with combined damages exceeding 17 million baht.
Police Lieutenant Colonel (female) Nimmita stated that interrogation of the Thai mule account suspects revealed that many of them had been tricked into applying for jobs through Facebook and TikTok, with offers of positions as admins or drivers earning 18,000–19,000 baht per month. After being deceived, they were taken to open bank accounts at multiple banks, then smuggled across the border through natural crossing points into Poipet, Cambodia. Upon arriving at their destination, the victims had their mobile phones and identification documents confiscated, were held in a building surrounded by iron cages, and were guarded around the clock by armed men carrying firearms and electric shock devices. They were then forced to work as admins defrauding Thai people and to scan their faces to authenticate financial transactions. One suspect, Phiphat, testified that he was forced to continuously scan his face for 3–4 days while being threatened that he would be killed if he resisted, until his bank accounts were frozen, at which point the criminal group released him to return to Thailand through natural crossing points without paying the agreed wages.
As a preliminary matter, officers charged the suspects with: jointly defrauding the public; fraud by impersonation; jointly entering false information into a computer system; conspiracy to launder money; jointly laundering money; and jointly being members of a secret society. The suspects and seized exhibits were then taken into custody and handed over to the investigating officers of Sub-Division 2, TCSD, for further legal proceedings.
