Cyber police arrest influencer for selling explicit videos online
Cyber police raided an apartment in the Pinklao area, arresting a well-known transgender woman with over 600,000 followers for filming explicit videos with men and selling them on social media, earning 200,000 baht per month.
The operation took place yesterday following an order from Police Lieutenant General Worawat Watnakornbancha, head of the Cybercrime Investigation Bureau (CCIB). Police Major General Nipon Boonkerd, along with Police Colonel Torsak Panklinputh, led the raid with a search warrant issued by the Taling Chan Criminal Court dated the day before. The team searched the apartment and arrested 30 year old Wisut on charges related to producing and distributing obscene materials for commercial purposes.
Cyber police intensified their crackdown on human trafficking cases, focusing on social media platforms. During their investigation, officers from the 4th Division of the CCIB discovered a Twitter account belonging to a popular transgender woman with over 600,000 followers.
The account was used to arrange and sell explicit videos on the X application. Samples of these videos were posted, prompting followers to pay to join a private group where they could view the full content.
Further investigation revealed that the account owner, Wisut, had been filming and selling pornographic videos for over three years. He resided in the Pinklao area, prompting police to seek a search warrant and proceed with the raid. The police confiscated several items, including an iPhone, an iPad used for filming and editing the videos, lamps, and lingerie used in the videos.
During questioning, Wisut admitted to arranging and filming explicit videos with various men, earning between 100,000 and 200,000 baht (US$3,000 and 6,000) per month. Some men agreed to be filmed for free, while others charged between 1,000 and 2,000 baht (US$30 and 60) per clip. Wisut would then edit and sell these videos through the private group on the X application, reported KhaoSod.
The police have detained Wisut and handed him over to the investigators at the 4th Division of the CCIB for further legal proceedings.
