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Bangkok Post
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More bank accounts may be frozen: Bank of Thailand

Police display bank books impounded from scam suspects at the Central Investigation Bureau in Nonthaburi province on Dec 23, 2021. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

More people could face frozen bank accounts as authorities widen investigations into transfers linked to mule accounts, in an effort to recover money for scam victims, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has warned.

Numerous accounts had already been frozen as the Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC), together with commercial banks, intensified operations to trace and return stolen funds.

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