Koreans caught running gambling websites

A South Korean man is arrested on Wednesday for operating online gambling websites from a rented house in Udon Thani province. His compatriot was also arrested. (Photo: Chakkrapan Natanri)
A South Korean man is arrested on Wednesday for operating online gambling websites from a rented house in Udon Thani province. His compatriot was also arrested. (Photo: Chakkrapan Natanri)

Two South Koreans have been arrested by police for allegedly operating online gambling websites from a house in Udon Thani province.

A team of immigration and local police searched a rented house in Muang district.

They were acting on information that foreigners were engaged in illegal activities in the house.

They found two South Koreans managing online gambling operations.

The suspects were taken into custody for questioning. Authorities seized computers and other equipment used for online gambling on the active websites Vinus Gaming Services and 100d-1, both major South Korean gambling websites with users worldwide.

They seized lists of gamblers and financial records involving multiple currencies from around the world.

Police said that the two suspects admitted to being an IT team for the illegal websites. They also handled operations for other gaming websites, supported gamblers making monetary transactions and marketed the websites to gamblers in South Korea, Thailand and other countries. Most of their clients were South Koreans.

The websites had a monthly turnover of 4 billion won, around 100 million baht, police said. The two suspects had entered Thailand as tourists, then used Udon Thani as their base. They admitted to receiving monthly salaries of 80,000–100,000 baht each.

They face charges of working without a permit as foreign nationals.

Vocabulary

  • currency (noun): the system of money, usually, but not always, that a country uses - เงินตรา
  • engage in: to take part in a particular activity - มีส่วนร่วมใน
  • gambler: a person who risks money on a card game, horse race, etc - นักการพนัน,นักเสี่ยงโชค
  • gambling: the activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race - การพนัน
  • immigration: dealing with people entering and leaving the country - การตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
  • national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
  • permit: an official document that gives you permission to do something - ใบอนุญาต
  • seize (verb): to take something using force - ยึด, จับกุม
  • transaction: a business dealing - การติดต่อทางธุรกิจ
  • turnover (noun): the total value of goods and services sold by a company during a period of time - จำนวนซื้อขาย

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