The Business Development Department (BDD), Commerce Ministry, is cooperating closely with the Royal Thai Police in dealing with mule accounts and business entities suspected to be engaging in money laundering.
BDD Director-General Oramon Sapthaveetham said today that the department had received a list of some 94,161 individuals and businesses, from the Anti-Online Scam Operations Centre (AOC), which may be involved in laundering funds derived from scam operations.
Thorough checks of their backgrounds and business transactions have revealed that 1,415 are suspected of being connected with scammers or to be involved in money laundering, she said, adding that 41 are not registered properly or falsely registered.
The list of the suspects was sent to the AOC for further investigation, said Oramon, adding that the BDD is ready to cooperate with other agencies in addressing this problem and in the exchange of information.
