16 nabbed for running gambling websites
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Police have nabbed 16 Thai citizens for allegedly running gambling websites that reportedly generated Bt100 million a month.
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) will be told to investigate related financial transactions so more accomplices can be arrested, Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) chief Pol Maj-General Suphaset Chokchai told the press on Wednesday. Police have, so far, searched 18 target locations across Bangkok.
The 10 women and six men were arrested at a "gambling call centre" along with 50 computers and account books, and they will face charges of advertising gambling - which is punishable by up to two years in prison and Bt5,000 in fines - as well as money-laundering, Suphaset said.
