Local Government Exam Fraud Case Investigation 2021-2025

Thansettakij•Politics•1d ago

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The National Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a systemic fraud network involving local government examinations between 2021 and 2025.

•The National Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating two main issues: bid rigging for TORs and bribery for job placements.
•Evidence suggests a fraud network operated continuously from 2021 to 2025, involving over 6,000 individuals.
•The investigation has reached the level of former Directors-General of the Department of Local Administration.
•The National Anti-Corruption Commission has a 6-month timeframe to gather evidence and identify those to be charged.

•Kiattisak Phuttaphan announced on August 25, 2026, that the National Anti-Corruption Commission has accepted the 2025 local exam fraud case as a special case.
•The National Anti-Corruption Commission is collaborating with the Anti-Money Laundering Office and financial institutions to trace the financial paths of over 6,000 involved individuals.
•Digital evidence found in seized computers linked the 2025 exams to recruitment for municipal employees, Provincial Administrative Organization officials, and Pattaya City employees in 2021.
•The National Anti-Corruption Commission has established inquiry committees for two former Directors-General of the Department of Local Administration.
•The National Anti-Corruption Commission is in the process of checking 860,000 answer sheets once a high-precision scanning machine is procured.
•Kiattisak Phuttaphan stated that the National Anti-Corruption Commission cannot yet confirm a reported 9,000 million baht money trail as data from the Anti-Money Laundering Office has not been received.
•Prayoon Rattanasenee served as the Director-General of the Department of Local Administration from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2022.
•The National Anti-Corruption Commission aims to complete the evidence collection and summary within a 6-month framework.

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Kiattisak Phuttaphan(เกียรติศักดิ์ พุฒพันธุ์)

Deputy Secretary-General of the National Anti-Corruption Commission and Deputy Spokesperson of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

Prayoon Rattanasenee(ประยูร รัตนเสนีย์)

The Director-General of the Department of Local Administration from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2022.

National Anti-Corruption Commission(คณะกรรมการป้องกันและปราบปรามการทุจริตแห่งชาติ)

The agency investigating fraud in local government examinations.

Anti-Money Laundering Office(ปปง.)

The agency collaborating with the National Anti-Corruption Commission to trace financial trails.

Department of Local Administration(กรมส่งเสริมการปกครองท้องถิ่น)

The department whose former Directors-General are under investigation for exam score manipulation.

House Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission(กมธ.ป.ป.ช.สภาฯ)

The committee that reported finding a money trail of over 9,000 million baht.

Pattaya(พัทยา)ℹ️

A city whose employee recruitment in 2021 was linked to the fraud network.