Koreans Ji Woo Lee,
Seungho Lee, and Jinwoung Cho have been remanded to custody for
operating an illegal online casino in Naklua.
Boonlua Chatree
Three South Korean men were arrested last week for
operating an illegal online casino in Naklua.
Police believe the 3 Koreans, Ji Woo Lee, 25, Seungho
Lee, 25, and Jinwoung Cho, 22, did not own the site, but were working
for a fellow Korean named Yoo Won Young.
Young allegedly paid the web site operators 50,000
baht per month to run the site out of their condo in Naklua.
The 3 had installed computer systems and internet in
their rooms, and installed Baccarat software. The site allegedly
generated 15-20 Thai and Korean gamblers per day, generating
50,000-70,000 baht. The site had been up for three months before
officials caught on.
Police confiscated Samsung monitors, 3 CPUs, 2 sets
of keyboards and mice, an internet modem, and 48 telephone numbers and
password codes. All three Koreans were charged with illegal gambling and
taking other’s money without a permit.
Yoo Won Young, the Korean owner of the online casino,
was not in Thailand during the arrest.
