Nineteen Indian nationals have been arrested at a residence in Pattaya, where they operated a website selling contraband goods, according to the Immigration Bureau.
Investigators discovered that the suspects worked as administrators and had been living together in a rented house in Nong Prue.
Police did not say what types of items were sold on the website.
The mastermind behind the business, identified only as Manit, lives in Dubai. He sent the men, led by a 40-year-old Indian known as Sunil, to rent a house in Thailand as their base.
A search of the house resulted in the arrest of 19 Indians, and police seized multiple devices used for running the business.
The suspects face charges of overstaying their visas and working in the kingdom without permission, authorities said.
