Searches were carried out simultaneously at a residential property in Mae Hia and a company in Suthep, where the suspect, identified as Akkarawat, was found and admitted ownership of both premises.
The operation was conducted in coordination with INTERPOL under the I-SOP programme, involving law enforcement agencies from Malaysia, South Korea and the United States’ Homeland Security Investigations. Malaysian police conducted parallel raids at the same time. Warner Bros. representatives and officials from Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property were also present during the searches.
Investigators seized 51 items of evidence, including three mobile phones, a laptop, a desktop computer, 19 pages of financial records, four documents relating to cloud computing platform payments, 22 pages of email correspondence and a copy of a credit card.
Records show the suspect was arrested on the same charge in 2018. He has denied all accusations and has been handed to investigators for further proceedings.
