Wires cut, scammers lose improper company
PUBLISHED: 21 Oct 2024 at 10: 43
Authorities in Mukdahan have severed digital cables that have been found to be carrying services from Mukdahan state across the camaraderie bridge and about five kilometers into Laos.
The scam groups operating out of Laos were known to use the services to intimidate Thai victims into believing they were dealing with clients and companies operating out of Thailand.  ,
The illegal wire connection was discovered on Sunday, according to National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commissioner Pol Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, who spoke to investigators.
The wires were strewn across the Next Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge that runs across the Mekong River between Savannakhet territory in Laos and Mukdahan territory in Laos.
He claimed that a business that the NBTC had granted telecommunications services solely to Thailand had installed the cords.
” The cables were examined by NBTC officials who discovered that they were buried five kilometers into Chinese land using specialized equipment.” A significant company district was reached by the online service. It may serve to about 10, 000 people at a time”, Pol Gen Nathathorn said.
” This made call fraud gangs more likely to deceive Thai citizens quickly as if they had their headquarters there.” He claimed that this community was installed clearly without any risk of legal action. The communications service provider in question was not named by the commissioner.
The incident was strange, according to Assistant National Police Chief Pol Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitaneelaboot.
Authorities often discovered internet cables laying along rivers and along normal border crossings. ” This is the first time we found cables installed on a cross-border bridge”, he said.