A suspected Chinese scammer was arrested at a Bangkok subway while allegedly withdrawing money for a crime ring.

Zeng, 40, was cashing out funds believed to have been obtained through fraud when he was surrounded by police along Ratchadaphisek Road on October 16.

CCTV footage shows officers restraining Zeng near the subway entrance. He was caught with 200,000 baht in cash, ATM cards, and a passbook.

Police said the arrest was made following a complaint from a fraud victim, who claimed she was tricked into transferring money to the scam gang.

She said she was looking for extra income by selling second-hand goods and came across a Facebook page claiming to buy such items.

After contacting the page, she was invited to joing a LINE group called 'Service Square' for a 193-baht registration fee.

The victim said she received small payments at first by completing simple tasks such as liking posts and taking screenshots. She was later persuaded to transfer large sums to earn bigger bonuses, but never received the promised money.

She claimed she was scammed out of 645,472 baht (14,790 GBP).

Police found that after the money was transferred, the gang withdrew in shopping malls in Bangkok.

They reviewed security camera footage and managed to identify the suspects, Zeng, and Thai nationals Natthawut, 33, Suleewan, 42, Weeraphong, 22, Supoj, 23, and Nithisak, 19.

The Central Investigation Bureau said a warrant was secured against Zeng, believed to be the recipient of the money, on September 5. They monitored his accounts until he made a withdrawal on the day of his arrest.

Zeng allegedly admitted that he entered northern Thailand through the Golden Triangle border in Chiang Rai. He then travelled to Bangkok to carry out the scams.

He reportedly confessed to controlling the mule accounts and withdrawing money to hand over to his Chinese collaborator in the Huai Khwang district.

Authorities said they have already identified the collaborator and tracking him down.

The Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet, has long been notorious for drug trafficking and large-scale scam operations run from compounds in Myanmar.

Criminal syndicates often lure impoverished victims from across Asia with fake job offers, then force them to run online fraud schemes targeting people worldwide.

(1 GBP = 43.64 THB)