In the three regions of the country, Myavaddi, Payatonza and Tachilek, for the sake of combining criminals, the supply of electricity, the supply of fuel and the Internet were disconnected. Then, law enforcement officers of the two countries conducted a series of raids in places of deployment of attackers.
As a result, several organizers of the underground centers were arrested and 360 people were released, who were forced to commit cryptocurrency crimes. Most of the liberated “slaves” of cryptocomprices were deceived by false promises of providing highly paid work in Myanmar. In addition to the citizens of Thailand and Myanmar, among the liberates were citizens of China, Philippines, Kenya, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Thailand Pumham Wechayachai told reporters that from 300 to 400 criminal conglomerates controlled by bands from China is functioning along the border of Myanmar and Thailand. There are thousands of victims of human trafficking, many of which are forced to engage in online abuse.
Pumtamy added that among those closed by the security forces of the crypto complexes were such as KK Park and SHWE Kokko, suspects In the theft of Tether stabilcoins in the amount of more than $ 100 million.
“We see that many of these fraud centers prefer Tether and Tron assets. USDT stability is an attractive factor, as well as low transactions in Tron, ”said Jackie Koven, head of intelligence intelligence department of Cibagorosis of Chainalysis.
Earlier, Elliptic’s security experts reported that Huione Guarantee, which investigators called the “largest illegal trading platform on the Internet from the ever existing,” over the past six months has increased the monthly circulation by 51%. According to Elliptic, many frauds with cryptocurrencies are performed by participants in transnational organized criminal groups, which operate from specially created “fraudulent complexes” located throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
In 2023 Harvest Gades were the story of the Russian pair of freelancers who were invited to Myanmar as “Models for the Week of the Elite Clothing” in the Chinese company. Upon arrival, Russians were sold for $ 30,000 in one of the fraudulent crypto centers. The Russians demanded that the cryptocurrency merchants were demanded to persuade rich foreigners to persuade rich foreigners through the Internet and video.
Source: Bits
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