Phuket cracks down on 100 firms using naturalised Thai shareholders

ThaiRoundup·published 22 Aug 2026, 22:03 ICT·updated 2h ago·3 sources

Authorities in Phuket are investigating over 100 companies with combined revenues of 5 billion baht that allegedly used naturalised Thai citizens as nominee shareholders to circumvent foreign ownership restrictions. A total of 361 firms are now under scrutiny in the widening crackdown.

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• phuket
• business
• immigration
• crackdown
• foreign-ownership