An actress has filed a complaint with the cyber police, stating that her images and video footage had been used to promote a number of online gambling websites with which she claims to have no connection.
Panadda Wongphudee met with Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapandakan Klaikluea, the commander of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau 1 today, providing the evidence. This includes her images and edited video clips from an interview during which she talked about buying a new car for her father, which the site falsely claimed to have been bought with money earned from online gambling.
She is concerned that this could damage her reputation and fears that she might be implicated in wrongdoing.
Moreover, her images have been used without her permission in promotional videos for skincare products on TikTok. She has also gathered the evidence of this and has filed a complaint.
Panadda had reported the matter to the Huai Khwang police station on August 9th but, as the online gambling advertisements continued to appear, and actually increased in frequency, she filed the complaint again today.
Chatchapandakan said that, from the initial investigations, it was found that the base of operations is in a neighbouring country. This makes it difficult to shut down the gambling websites.
The police are working with various authorities, including the Digital Economy and Society Ministry, to block the content as much as possible, and they will investigate further to find the perpetrators and to take legal action under the Computer Crime Act.
The police have also coordinated with financial institutions and have identified the names of account holders associated with the gambling websites. Most of these accounts have been opened by foreigners in Thailand. The police are preparing to request the freezing of the accounts. If an account is found to be used by gambling sites or call centre networks, officials will freeze the account to halt financial transactions as quickly as possible.
