According to the massive seizure of high-tech products, thieves may be moving from Myanmar to Laos.
Discussed: 12 Apr 2024 at 20: 29
A sizable amount of high-tech technology that police and customs officials in Chiang Rai have seized is thought to relate to a multinational call center scam gang.
According to Pol Lt. Gen. Jirabhop Bhuridej, the Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) chief, the gang is suspected of moving its headquarters from Myanmar to Laos.
He claimed that on the banks of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area, close to the Thai-Lao borders, customs officials in Chiang Saen discovered more than 10 paper and plastic bins hidden beneath a tree.
In the containers were 94 desktop computers and equipment, 347 cellular phones and 15 notebooks written in Chinese, among other things.
( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )
After examining data found on computers and telephones, police investigators were persuaded that they were being used by con artists to trick victims.
Additionally, the CIB main reported that the boxes contained 10 high-speed Starlink satellite internet devices and 4, 998 SIM accounts sent from the United Kingdom.
Additionally, authorities discovered evidence of several love and purchase scams through talk history, speech scripts, and fake social media profile pictures.
Additionally, there were particulars on animal accounts and other financial transaction documents.
Most of the group’s victims were Chinese, Asian, European and American, authorities said.
A large plastic bag found in a bush close to the river even contained five mobile devices with SIM accounts, bank certificates, ATM cards, and bank passport.
The seized items ‘ estimated value was$ 5. 4 million baht.
The items were seize at the frontier near the infamous Kings Romans game, which is located in a special economic zone run by the Chinese and is located just across the valley in Laos.
The game complex, which was relocated from Myanmar, where the military dictatorship is increasingly under the control of rebel militias, particularly in border areas, led to the speculation that the game complex might be the group’s fresh activity center.
According to Pol Lt. Gen. Jirabhop,” I think this group is a big international system that allows them to move immediately.”
The Kings Romans Casino, which is across the Mekong River from Chiang Rai, is a special economic zone under Chinese control in Laos that has long been linked to alleged illegal activity. ( Photo: Transborder News )
Devices and equipment discovered by customs officials in Chiang Saen district of Chiang Rai province are displayed during a briefing on Friday. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )