FBI and Thai Police Seize 8,000 Phones and Freeze $580M in Crypto From Scammers
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- FBI and Thai police collaborate to combat rising internet fraud targeting Americans.
- Joint task force seized 8,000 phones and froze over $580M in crypto assets.
- Meta removed over 150,000 accounts linked to global scam networks and fraud.
Joint efforts by the FBI and Thai police to combat scams targeting Americans are yielding results. The joint task force comprising FBI agents and the Royal Thai Police led to the seizure of 8,000 phones and the freezing of $580 million in crypto.
Following a surge in organized internet scams originating from Thailand, the FBI’s Bangkok office constituted a joint task force with the Royal Thai Police last August. So far, the law enforcement agents have seized 8,000 phones and 1,300 hard drives from suspected compounds.
An Industrial-Scale Fraud Operation
According to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Scott Schelble, the task for…
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