Thai immigration police arrested a Chinese man wanted in China after linking him to a money-laundering network involving 133 bank accounts and transactions worth more than 500 million yuan, about 2 billion baht. The 37-year-old, identified as Mr Wu, was detained at a luxury housing estate in Bangkok’s Saphan Sung district on October 16 after evading immigration officers for more than three years. Investigators from Immigration Bureau Division 3 moved in after building intelligence and identifying a suspected hiding place at the Ramkhamhaeng area property. Police said Wu allegedly used false documents to report his accommodation, changed vehicle registration plates, and altered the colour of his car with a new wrap. Authorities said Wu was wanted under a Chinese arrest warrant connected to offences involving a loan-sharking gang. He was also suspected of supporting a transnational criminal organisation by recruiting people to open bank accounts and collecting bank cards and account details used for laundering. Investigators said the alleged operation used 133 accounts and involved transactions exceeding 500 million yuan. Police added that Wu was suspected of exchanging digital currencies and foreign currencies for transnational criminal groups, and of arranging visas for people connected to other money-laundering cases. Immigration checks found Wu’s permission to remain in Thailand expired about three years and eight months earlier. He was charged with remaining in the Kingdom after his permission to stay had expired under Section 81 of Thailand’s Immigration Act 1979. Police transferred him to investigators for legal proceedings and said deportation procedures would begin, coordinated with Chinese officials to return him to face the outstanding arrest warrant.