Immigration police from Surat Thani and investigators from Bo Phut have arrested an American man and an Israeli woman at Koh Samui airport in a shell company case.
Thai law enforcement officers carried out the arrest of an American national and an Israeli national directly at the Koh Samui international airport. The operation was conducted jointly by the immigration police of Surat Thani province and investigators from the Bo Phut police station.
The two suspects are accused of having used Thai nominees to carry out hidden financial and property transactions on the islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Samui. They were arrested as they returned to Thailand via Samui airport after leaving the country.
This arrest is part of a large-scale operation to combat nominee structures, an illegal practice involving listing Thais as official shareholders or owners to circumvent restrictions imposed on foreigners regarding land ownership and certain commercial activities. The authorities in Koh Phangan and Bo Phut are particularly focused on these cases.
local source