US EditionMyanmar junta says nearly 1,600 foreigners arrested in scam hub raids
Myanmar's military detained 1,590 foreigners during a crackdown on online scam and gambling hubs, seizing nearly 3,000 computers and 21,750 phones, authorities reported.
- Myanmar's military arrested nearly 1,600 foreigners in a crackdown on internet scam hubs on the Thai border over five days.
- Fraud factories housing scammers who target internet users with cons worth billions have mushroomed in Myanmar's border regions.
- The junta seized over 2,800 computers, 21,700 phones, and Starlink satellite receivers used in online fraud and gambling in Shwe Kokko.
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Myanmar state television broadcasts army crackdown on scam centers
Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers. Footage on Monday showed buildings being bulldozed and blown up and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations…
Myanmar state television broadcasts army crackdown on scam centers
Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers. Footage on Monday showed buildings being bulldozed and blown up and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations…
BANGKOK.– The Myanmar military government has intensified its offensive against cyber-stafa centres operating on the border with Thailand in recent weeks, with a series of raids leading to the detention of more than 1700 foreigners only at the Shwe Kokko compound and the public broadcast, through state television, of videos of demolished buildings, destroyed computers and detainees forced to squat. The campaign, unusually exposed, seeks to show …
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive videos on state television of its raids on online scam centers, showing buildings being demolished and more than 1,000 foreigners being detained. Myanmar is known for hosting cyber scam operations responsible for deceiving people around the world, typically by gaining victims’ trust online with romantic entanglements and bogus investment schemes. The U…
Myanmar state television broadcasts army crackdown on scam centers
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations that target people all over the world. They usually involve gaining a person’s confidence with romantic ploys and luring them into bogus investment schemes. The U.N. Office on Drug…
Myanmar state television broadcasts army crackdown on scam centers
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained.
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