FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence : To: ROUTINE Date: 06/21/2000 Counterterrorism Investigative Services From: Bangkok Contact: Attn: SSA SSA CIU IIOUII, lOS Approved By] Drafted By Case ID #: 163A-BK Title: UNSUB; (Pending) IMPERSONATION OF BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, KING OF THAILAND; FPC Synopsis: Unknown subject impersonating the King of Thailand on the internet . Details ! On Mav 26. 2000 f requested assistance of the FBI in attempting to identify and locate the individual who is respon sible for imperso nating the Ki ng- of furnished ALAlf Thailand on the internet, with copies of various internet sourced documents, some of which are copies of d ocument s | 1 I [ The impersonation came to the attention olj after a Thai citizen residing in the United States noticed someone using the King's name at the Yahoo game site. sent to uc( On 6/5/00 and 6/20/0 0 copies of t hese documents were land SSaI .respective "fbi.gov" addresses. [via internet to their The documents are as follows: 3 4 Copy of an email frortJ to the "King" dated 12/4/99; Email from "King Bhumibol Adulyadej " to dated 11/7/99; Yahoo profile of the "King"; Email fromi I 1 1 forwarding an i email from |to the 7 b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b7D b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C To: Re: Counterterrorism From: Bangkok 163A-BK-, 06/21/2000 5. Domain information for Presidency.com; 6. Domain information for telia.com; 7. Ro uting information for IP addresses and ^ I The impersonation of the King in Thailand is considere d a felonvl ^ | I It the impersonation continues at the current level, that is, disrespectful, there is no intention to cause the arrest of the unsub. In the event the perpetrator is not located in Thailand, then their request would be routed from the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to its counterpart in that country and eventually to the appropriate police agency. To: Counterterrorism From: Bangkok Re: 163A-BK-; 06/21/2000 LEAD(s) : Set Lead 1: ALL RECEIVING OFFICES Read and clear. Set Lead 2 : COUNTERTERRORI SM AT WASHINGTON. DC Attempt to determine that identity and whereabouts of the individual who is impersonating the King of Thailand on the internet . b6 b7C I | 621.ec TW 3 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To : Bangkok From: Date: 08/15/2000 Bangkok Contact; Approved B' / Drafted By b6 b7C Case ID #: IGSA-BK-Sgs (Pending) 4 Title: UNSUB; IMPERSONATION OF BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ; KING OF THAILAND; FPC Synopsis; Investigation to date. Reference: 163A-BK-395 Serial 1. Details: On July 19, 2000, SSA| |CIU, Counterterrorism Divison, advised via email that a court order is required to obtain t he inform ation necessary t o identify the unknown subject. SSa| [further noted that| Department of Justice, advised that a court order could be obtained even if there is no United States' violation, as long as there is a substantial violation in a foreign country. In this particular case, the facts do not show a violation of sufficient seriousness to warrant a court order. b6 b7C On August 1. 20QQ. ALAtF 1 advise bf the information in the above paragraph and inquired as to the availability of any additional informatio n that could be used to obtain a court order in the United States . ~b oted that no additional information was available and that there had been no more instances of impersonation by the unknown sub j ect . On August 15, 2000, ALAtI b6 b7C b7D the information in the above paragraph. Itelephonicallv advj .sed of b6 b7C b7D b6 b7C b7D • * To; Bangkok From: Bangkok Re: 163A-BK-395, 08/15/2000 b7D Both officers advised that they would attempt to develop additional information. Investigation continuing. 15 .ec b6 b7C 2