BANGKOK, 24 June 2014, – The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has released the list of 203 bank accounts suspected of being involved with the illicit call center scam.
The move was initiated after police discovered that these rogue operators had been hiring individuals to open bank accounts for their operations.
According to Secretary of the AMLO, Pol Col Sehanart Prayoonrat, these bank accounts have been used to collect money from the victims of the call centers, adding that the majority of these accounts are from the northern, central, northeastern and eastern regions.
The AMLO has temporarily frozen the 203 accounts, warning the owners of those bank accounts to close them immediately. Those who fail to comply with its order will be charged with violating the anti-money laundering law, which subjects them to a jail term of 1-10 years, or a fine of 20,000 – 200,000 baht, or both.
The public can access the list of the bank accounts at the AMLO website at www.amlo.go.th.
