Thai woman arrested for opening Malaysian scam gang account


PATTAYA (The Nation/Asia News Network): Crime Suppression Division police have arrested a Thai woman in Nakhon Si Thammarat for opening a bank account for a Malaysian call centre gang to use.

Pol Maj Gen Thanathat Chan-im, divisional deputy inspector, said Jiranut Kwanthep, 39, was arrested on Tuesday under two court arrest warrants issued in Pattaya in August and Nonthaburi in 2015.

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