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Thai “Fathers for Hire” citizenship fraud probe leads to 46 warrants
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Police and the Department of Provincial Administration have expanded their investigation into a “Fathers for Hire” network that used Thai men to falsely acknowledge paternity of children born to foreign nationals so the children could obtain Thai cit
Key facts
- The third phase identified 24 people whose nationality status requires investigation, with links to eight hospitals and a total of 46 arrest warrants issued for those involved.
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- He graduated in industrial engineering from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and works for an electrical cable company in Samut Prakan, earning about THB30,000 a month.
- The Thai man named on his birth certificate said he had been paid THB5,000 to register a marriage with the mother for business purposes 27 years earlier.
- His twin, a graduate of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who works as a programmer earning about THB50,000 a month, was arrested at a condominium in the Krung Thon Buri area.
- The Thai man named on that child’s birth certificate, a motorcycle taxi rider, admitted being paid THB5,000 for the registration.
Summary
The third phase identified 24 people whose nationality status requires investigation, with links to eight hospitals and a total of 46 arrest warrants issued for those involved.
Pol Lt Gen Noppasilp Poonsawat, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) that the investigation followed orders from national police chief Pol Gen Samran Nualma after false birth registrations through private hospitals and the involvement of state officials were uncovered.