Eight Myanmar nationals were among 15 people arrested in northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province earlier this week for their alleged involvement in online scam operations.
At a press conference held on Wednesday, Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) said it carried out a series of raids on 11 properties in the province as part of an anti-scam crackdown operation dubbed “CIB Crushes Grey Dragon.”
The operation targeted a group suspected of selling fake social media accounts to criminal gangs engaged in online fraud activities. The group’s leader, a Chinese national, is still at large, according to Thai media reports.
The CIB identified two of the detained suspects, including the leader’s wife, 30-year-old Jiraphan Prakobkit, as Thai nationals, and the others as citizens of China and Myanmar.
A total of 592,235 pieces of equipment, including 72 computers, 1,455 mobile phones, 642. . .
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