Korean man held for alleged crypto laundering


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Listen to this article Police arrest a South Korean suspect (second from right) at Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday. He was wanted on an arrest warrant on charges including fraud, impersonation and money laundering. (Photo: Central Investigation Bureau) Thai police have arrested a 33-year-old South Korean man for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency for call-centre gangs by converting it into gold bars, with transactions worth more than 1.6 billion baht over a three-month period. Officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) and the Immigration Bureau apprehended the suspect at Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday. The suspect, identified only as Han, 33, was wanted...