Thailand Post Postmen to Photograph Registered Company Addresses in Push Against Mule-Account Shell Firms

Thailand's company registry wants the country's postmen to check that new companies really exist where they say they do. Kittiwat Patchimanan, Director-General of the Department of Business Development (DBD) at the Ministry of Commerce, said the DBD will use Thailand Post's network to fix each registered address by GPS and have the local postman photograph the premises named in the registration application. The target is companies set up on fake addresses that are then used to open corporate mule accounts that defraud the public, along with firms that hide foreign owners behind Thai nominees.

Nothing is signed yet. The two bodies will draw up a memorandum of understanding between late November and early December 2026, Post Today reports. Kittiwat held the talks with Dhanant Subhadrabandhu, chief executive of Thailand Post. The DBD hasn't said when the visits start or whether companies already on the register will get one.

Why company addresses matter to scammers

Thai police showed on 5 November how such firms get used. They broke up a ring that supplied company bank accounts to call-centre gangs, with losses above 250 million baht across at least 130 cases and nominee directors paid to front the companies.

Digital addresses

The plan also covers two Thailand Post systems. Digital Post ID links a person's details, address and GPS location, and Corporate D/ID gives businesses and government agencies a digital address code that can connect their address databases directly to Thailand Post's.

A wider nominee drive

The postal checks follow an order from Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun to work faster with partner networks against nominee businesses. On 5 November the DBD met the Department of Special Investigation, which will train registry staff to trace nominee networks and join on-site inspections of high-risk companies, MGR Online reports.