Atchariya detained in laundering case, disputes B400,000 Phuket deposits
Atchariya Ruangrattanapong denies four alleged money laundering and fraud charges and says B400,000 linked to a Phuket nominee case was not obtained through deception.
Cyber police detained Atchariya Ruangrattanapong on October 3, 2026, over suspected money laundering and fraud charges. He denies all four allegations.
Atchariya was arrested outside the Oamnoi boxing stadium in Samut Sakhon and taken by Technology Crime Suppression Division 1 officers to Thung Song Hong Police Station at 7.30pm after four hours of questioning. Police planned to take him to the Bangkok Criminal Court on October 5 to seek remand.
Atchariya said B400,000 cited in the case file represented deposits for handling a nominee case in Phuket, rather than money obtained through deception. He said the total fee was B1 million, with deposits paid on March 19 and 20, 2026.
He also identified B14,000 as money from a kathin robe offering. Based on those sums, he said the alleged damage totalled B414,000. He rejected reports that the case involved more than B300 million, describing them as untrue and accusing police of fabricating a money laundering case.
Atchariya also disputed the social media evidence. He said the file referred to a Facebook account from 2024, although he had closed his Facebook account in 2022 and now operates only a YouTube channel. He said he did not accept donations or post a bank account number in 2023.
He further alleged that the evidence consisted of older material from an earlier Crime Suppression Division case that had been reworked for the new case.
