Bangkok Apartment Used to Register 64 Foreign Kids | Thailand News

Thailand News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 1m

A Bangkok woman stunned to discover her sister’s tiny apartment was being used to register 64 foreign kids—each between 5 and 15—revealed a massive, nationwide scam. Her sister, paid 5,000 baht for “paperwork,” thought she was helping with a child subsidy. But police investigations uncovered over 1,600 foreign children registered across a single complex, fueled by brokers charging hundreds to thousands of baht for pink ID cards—essential for legal work and citizenship. Despite system alerts for addresses with over 16 registrations, the fraud continued. Seven arrests followed, including…