Children Tricked Into Exposing Themselves via App, Recorded Videos Sold in Private Groups
19 September 2025
*This article was translated using online tools. Mistakes may be present.
Captured! “Somchai” has been arrested for deceiving victims into showing themselves in a revealing manner via Ome TV, recording the clips to sell in secret groups. ATPD police raided and arrested him in Chaiyaphum.
On September 19, 2025, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), by the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD), jointly arrested Mr. Somchai (last name withheld), aged 21, on charges of: “Possession of child pornography for the purpose of seeking sexual benefit for oneself or others and forwarding child pornography to others; for the purpose of trade or by trade, for distribution or for public display; making, producing, possessing, importing or causing to be imported into the Kingdom, exporting or causing to be exported out of the Kingdom, taking away or causing to be taken away, or making widespread by any means such child pornography (additional charge: human trafficking by seeking benefit from the production or distribution of child pornographic objects or media).” Arrest location: Mueang Chaiyaphum District, Chaiyaphum Province.
This follows police receiving a lead from the IPA organization that an individual was disseminating child pornography via social media and collecting fees for entry into a secret group. The investigation found that the suspect deceived victims into showing their genitals via the Ome TV application and then recorded images and videos to disseminate in a secret group on the Line application to generate income.
Officials therefore planned for an undercover agent to join the said secret group and found clear evidence of the dissemination of child pornography linked to the suspect, both from social media accounts and money transfers. This led to a request for a search warrant.
The results of the search at the suspect’s residence revealed a mobile phone, which served as evidence of the crime. The suspect confessed to actually recording and disseminating the pornographic images. Officials then notified him of the charges and took him, along with the evidence, into custody to be sent to the inquiry officials of Sub-division 6, ATPD, for further legal proceedings.
Main Source:
https://www.tnews.co.th/social/social-news/635283
Other Sources:
- Official CIB Statement
- https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18aSwsFYx9/
- Press Release
- https://news.ch7.com/detail/828255
- https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NFwCWYw2T/