Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police and officials from the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) seized assets worth about 90 million baht in coordinated raids yesterday (Thursday) on six locations in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani and one location in Bangkok, believed to be connected with a call centre scam gang.

The CCIB said that, in a raid on one of the six targets in Mueang district of Udon Thai, which is a farm products trading company, they found one Porsche Cayenne SUV, worth about seven million baht, a Lambretta X300 motorcycle, worth about 439,000 baht, Rolex Submariner and luxurious Franck Muller Yachting wristwatches and several brand name handbags, plus land title deeds.

CCIB Commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha said yesterday that, before the raids, police had received complaints from about 166 victims, who claimed to have been conned by a call centre into investing in a transport company and had not received any returns from their investments.

He said that numerous people were involved in the scam, with some opening “mule” bank accounts and some transferring money from the “mule” accounts into the accounts of the key scammers, while others were sweet-talking new customers into investing in their non-existent business.