PATTAYA: 4 South Korean males and a Thai female were detained in Pattaya on Friday night for presumably hosting online betting.
A combined group of Pattaya cops, migration officers and traveler cops robbed a leased space at the Phingpa Condo in tambon Na Klua of Bang Lamung district at around 4.30 pm, after an examination exposed that South Korean nationals had actually leased it for suspicious functions.
Cops discovered 4 South Koreans and one Thai female in the space. Taken were computer systems, smart phones, gadgets tape-recording cash transfers, South Korean checking account, lists of bettors’ info and other products.
The suspects are Tune Kwanghyun, 34; Yoon Dongseong, 26; Choi Jihoon, 28; Park Byunguk, 19; and Apiwan Wongkhamsing, 28.
Cops who questioned the Koreans stated they validated they had actually leased the space because Aug 27, with Ms Apiwan signing the agreement. They had actually employed a South Korean developer living in China to produce a sports betting site.
The website got bets from about 1,000 consumers a day in South Korea, they stated. They paid the developer 90,000 baht a month to look after the server and promote the site.
Cops stated the site triggered about 10 million baht in damage.
Authorities stated Mr Park was desired on an arrest warrant released by South Korean cops for falsifying files, triggering damage worth about 340 million won (about 10 million baht).
Pol Col Songprod Sirisukha, chief of the Chon Buri migration workplace, stated the suspects had actually gone into Thailand more than 6 months earlier. They ran online betting in Bangkok prior to relocating to Pattaya 3 months earlier, he stated.
The 4 males were turned over to Pattaya cops to deal with charges for unlawfully hosting betting, and will be deported.
The Thai female will be charged with stopping working to inform migration officers of foreign renters, stated Pol Col Songprod.
