Bangkok, AMLO revealed that it found 500,000 horse accounts in the system out of 121 million accounts nationwide. Found more than 1,000 horse accounts per week, along with coordinating with financial institutions to stop transactions on suspicious names.

Mr. Wittaya Neetitham, Director of the Legal Department As a spokesperson for the Anti-Money Laundering Office or AMLO and his team, he revealed that at present there are as many as 100 horse accounts in the banking system. 200,000-500,000 accounts from a total of more than 121 million bank accounts in the country. AMLO has therefore worked with relevant agencies to provide measures to control the opening of horse accounts.

Initially, AMLO has worked with police to investigate technological crimes. or cyber police Filter names that are expected to be relevant to the horse account. It is collected from victims of fraud. or have been deceived by online crimes and reported to the cyber police Currently, more than 10,000 names have been collected, including more than 70,000 accounts, or a ratio of 1:7, and all names have been reported to financial institutions in order to suspend transactions of people with such names. They will not be able to conduct transactions through various channels other than showing their identity at the bank counter only. AMLO is still working on compiling a list of people who are included in the horse list. It was found that the names of those who were considered increased by more than 1,000 names per week.

AMLO spokesperson added that To raise the level of security in various transactions Including measures to prevent and suppress money laundering. From 11 November onwards People who want to deposit cash Passing through the automatic kiosk requires identification as well. By depositing no more than 30,000 baht at a time, you must present your identification card number and mobile phone number in order to receive an OTP code from the bank before proceeding with the next transaction.

For deposits of more than 30,000 baht but not more than 100,000 baht, the depositor must use an ATM card, debit card, or credit card. together with your personal code or pin code, both items do not charge any transaction fees. If people have questions, they can inquire at the bank’s website or ask AMLO through any channel. -Thai news agency

Source: Thai News Agency