Described: 12 Sep 2024 at 05: 10
According to a public prosecutor, about 700 situations involving call center schemes are being filed with the authorities each day, which amounts to 450 billion ringgit in restitution annually.
Sompong Yenkaew, commander of the Region 6 public trial business, made the remarks during a training program for public prosecution at a motel in Phitsanulok’s Muang area on Wednesday.
The goal of the program was to assist patients by giving prosecutors the tools and information they need to deal with call-center scammers as well as cyber criminals.
Mr. Sompong stated that officers have been looking into call center scam situations every day. Victims have been defrauded of 450 billion baht in total yearly, but only 2 % of the lost income has been recovered.
Weerachart Sriboonma, director of the Office of the Attorney-General’s dispute training institute, said that despite an executive order on the prevention and suppression of crime being in place, the authorities still don’t react to the problem quickly.
Mr. Weerachart urged financial organizations, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, the Bank of Thailand, and other law enforcement organizations to work more closely together to fight crime.
Victims can call the Anti Online Scam Operation Centre’s crisis hotline at 1441 for support, which operates around the clock. The center will assist in submitting problems and having the bank accounts of the offender frozen.
In other news, Ratchaburi authorities detained two guys on Monday on suspicion of allegedly stealing Real Move H Universal Communication Co.’s cellular phone network equipment.
Five baseband controllers and 30 fibre SFP ( small form-factor pluggable ) modules were stolen from three cell site stations in Ratchaburi’s Photharam district on August 30 according to a complaint filed with the Photharam police on August 30.
The robbery caused the 3G, 4G, and 5G contact systems to operate without interruption. Injuries were estimated at 550, 000 ringgit.
Watcharapol Chuethong and Samart Kongyu, the two men, told authorities they had resold the tools to a Taiwanese nationwide. On Tuesday, authorities raided a property in Nonthaburi’s Bang Bua Thong area where they found a number of communication tools.