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UNIThai police arrest Wu Chaoshuai over alleged $74m crypto laundering ring
Thai immigration police say they detained a Chinese national accused of running a transnational crypto laundering operation and overstaying his visa by more than three years.
Why it matters: The arrest shows Thai authorities pursuing alleged crypto laundering networks and tightening oversight of stablecoin flows, a focus for readers tracking illicit finance in digital assets.
Key points
- Wu Chaoshuai allegedly managed 133 accounts and processed over $74m in transactions, according to Chinese authorities.
- He entered Thailand on a tourist visa in December 2019 and stayed after it expired, police say.
- Thai police will charge him over his overstay and coordinate his extradition with Chinese authorities.
Thai immigration police have arrested a Chinese national, Wu Chaoshuai, over an alleged crypto laundering ring that moved more than $74m for a transnational criminal organisation, Bitcoin.com News reports. Chinese authorities accuse Wu of acting as an account mule, recruiting others to open bank accounts and crypto exchange accounts to hide the movement of illicit funds. He allegedly ran 133 accounts.
According to the third division of the Thai immigration police, Wu arrived on a tourist visa in December 2019 and stayed after it expired, apparently to avoid detection that could have led to his extradition to China. He is said to have moved frequently between rented houses and luxury condos, changed his car colour and used fake plates and forged documents to evade capture.
Wider crypto crackdown
Police eventually located him at a luxury house in Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng area, where his visa had lapsed more than three years earlier. He faces a charge of overstaying, and Thai police will coordinate his extradition with Chinese authorities.
The case adds to Thailand's widening scrutiny of crypto-linked crime. In June, the Department of Special Investigation broke up a crypto mining operation that allegedly laundered over $300m a year from online scams and gambling platforms, and the Bank of Thailand has reportedly placed tether (USDT) under monitoring.
What to watch: Thai police will coordinate Wu's extradition with Chinese authorities after charging him over his expired visa.
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