AN Israeli man who is a director of a company that roped in Thai nominees to hold shares and evade Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) for the purchase of real estate is being summoned for questioning by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), PPTVHD36 said today (Sep. 8). This followed a crackdown by
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DSI summons Phuket MP in real estate nominee case
JUSTICE MINISTER Lt. Gen. Ruttapol Naowarat said today (Sept. 2) at Government House that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has summoned Mr. Somchart Techathaworncharoen, a People’s Party Phuket MP, for questioning in a Phuket real estate nominee case next Monday (Sept. 7), Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. DSI’s investigation indicates that Somchart
Read moreNominee crackdown continues with additional 14,000 companies being probed
THE intensive crackdown on nominee companies nationwide is now targeting 14,000 more firms suspected to have used Thai nationals to circumvent restrictions under Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said today (Sept. 1). Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said at Songkhla University’s Hat Yai campus during today’s roving cabinet
Read moreDeputy Interior Minister leads team in busting nominee networks in Pattaya
DEPUTY Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit accompanied by Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Rutthaphon Naowarat led their team in raiding a law firm, a hotel and a company in Pattaya City suspected of using Thai nationals as nominees in violation of Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) today (Aug. 21), Amarin TV said. Worasit said
Read more35 Chinese nominee companies found in Sakhon Nakhon
THE Commerce Ministry recently discovered that there have been irregularities in the registration of 35 companies in four districts of northeastern Sakon Nakhon province with unwitting Thai villagers used to set up these 100% Chinese-owned nominee firms while 14 were totally Thai owned but none were conducting any business at all at their registered
Read moreChinese nominee hotel owner in Bangkok offers cash during raid
A RAID on illegal nominee businesses in Bangkok’s Huay Kwang district by Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee: and his team today (Aug. 9) surprisingly led to a Chinese nominee hotel owner calling his team and offering to reach a settlement claiming he was already paying cash to government officials, Naewna newspaper said late this
Read moreGovt beefs up checking company registration to plug nominee loopholes
A NEW government initiative to prevent the use of Thais as nominees in business kicked off today (Aug. 1) with the Commerce Ministry’s Department of Business Development expanding scrutiny from just the initial company registration to include shareholder and director structures after this is done, Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Lalida Periswiwatana, deputy spokesperson for
Read moreMinister joins raids on 5 nominee companies on Koh Samui, Koh Phangan
IN A major crackdown on illegal nominee land ownership and related businesses Justice Minister Pol. Maj. Gen. Rutthapon Naowarat joined a Department of Special Investigation (DSI) team in searching five suspected locations on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan today (July 10) with over a hundred companies found to have been registered at a single
Read moreFishing tour boat busted off Phuket amid nominee suspicion
MARINE police arrested the captain of a tour boat off Phuket today (June 25) for violating maritime and tourism laws in taking two Chinese tourists fishing without a tour guide amid suspicion that a nominee company could be running this vessel, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Wisanu Jinawong, head of Marine Police Station
Read moreCommerce Ministry crackdown leads to big drop in nominee-prone businesses
A NATIONWIDE crackdown by the Commerce Ministry over the past eight months has led to over 65% drop in businesses at risk of using nominees with more tough measures being launched on Aug. 1, TV Channel 7 said today (June 22). Investigation of accounting firms in eight tourist provinces, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong
Read moreThird phase of nominee crackdown in Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga kicks off
THE THIRD phase of a large-scale crackdown on nominee networks in Phuket, Krabi, and Phang Nga provinces was launched today (June 20) with police helped by multiple agencies in stamping out illegal activities, PPTVHD36 said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Nophasin Phoolsawat, commander attached to the Office of the Commissioner General of Police, presided over the
Read moreIsraeli man nabbed in Koh Phangan nominee crackdown
AN ISRAELI man was arrested as soon as he arrived at Koh Samui Airport this morning (June 10) on charges of using Thai nominees to buy a plot of land on Koh Phangan, TV Channel 7 said. The arrest of Mr. Eden Alisa, 30, is part of an operation to dismantle illegal nominee networks
Read more3 foreign suspects held in Pai nominee crackdown
THREE foreign nationals were arrested in a crackdown on illegal use of Thai nominees to operate business and working without a permit in Pai district, Mae Hong Son province, today (June 6), Naewna newspaper said. The raid was mounted after Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarawut Khonyai, commander of Immigration Bureau Region 5, ordered all units
Read moreRaid on suspected nominee zoo in Krabi
A RAID was mounted on a zoo in Krabi which the authorities suspect is being operated by foreigners using Thais as nominee shareholders today (May 29), TV Channel 7 said this evening. This southern Andaman coastal province’s Governor Angkul Silatewakul and Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sukasem Nakornwilai launched a joint operation with
Read moreNominee crackdown in tourist areas shows over 50,000 Thais are involved
AN ONGOING crackdown on nominees in tourist areas revealed that over 50,000 Thais have assumed this role on behalf of foreigners with further investigation and legal proceedings continuing, Naewna newspaper said today (May 18). Mr. Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, director-general of the Department of Business Development, said Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had assigned his agency to
Read moreDSI probing 34 big nominee companies in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI), in collaboration with the Department of Business Development, is zeroing in on 34 nominee companies in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan each with assets exceeding 100 million baht and with hotels and resorts among them, Amarin TV said today (May 15). Pol.Maj.Yutthana Praedam, DSI’s director-general, said investigation of
Read moreFour illegal hotels on Koh Phangan raided
IN ONGOING crackdown on foreigners using Thai nominees to invest in various businesses Koh Phangan police raided four hotels illegally operating on the popular tourist island and while one has shut down the other three were found to be running the business without a permit, Amarin TV said this evening (May 9). The island’s
Read more500 nominee companies uncovered in Krabi raid
KRABI police raided an accounting company in this southern coastal province where they found that this same address was used to register six nominee companies with there being a large, interconnected network that has set up over 500 such companies in three southern provinces, Naewna newspaper said today (April 23). In exposing this nominee
Read moreCommerce Ministry cracks down on nominees at Koh Phangan
RAIDS at some locations on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani province, mounted by the Commerce Ministry led to the owner of an accounting company being found to hold shares in 66 companies, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (Oct. 24). Mr. Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, director-general of the Department of Business Development, said he had sent his
Read moreIsraelis being recruited to work illegally on Koh Phangnan?
A KOH PHAGNAN journalist shared a Facebook post today (Oct. 7) alleging that Israeli nominee companies are recruiting only their country folk or those who speak Hebrew to work for them and they could be coming here on tourist visas to illegally take up these jobs, Naewna newspaper said. Calling himself Suer Thuen (Illegal
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