Bangkok Post
Nominee raids extend to three sites in Pattaya
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Officials have raided three locations in Pattaya and seized computers and documents linked to a suspected nominee scheme concealing foreign ownership of land and businesses.
Key facts
- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Interior Ministry and police officers armed with warrants conducted searches to gather evidence concerning suspected violations of the Foreign Business Act 1999.
- Officials have raided three locations in Pattaya and seized computers and documents linked to a suspected nominee scheme concealing foreign ownership of land and businesses.
- Its shareholding structure indicated Thai nationals had been used as nominees since 2010, investigators said.
- Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit said the operation on Friday was an extension of earlier investigations on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui in Surat Thani and in Phuket.
Summary
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Interior Ministry and police officers armed with warrants conducted searches to gather evidence concerning suspected violations of the Foreign Business Act 1999.
Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit said the operation on Friday was an extension of earlier investigations on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui in Surat Thani and in Phuket.