SpaceX says it has cut Starlink services to Myanmar scam camps
BBC | Last week’s major indictments related to scam compounds and forced labor in Southeast Asia brought significant attention to their use of Starlink technology.
Scam compounds rely on the Internet to commit their multibillion-dollar fraud business. Law enforcement, anti-scam groups, and news agencies have shared photos of compound roofs dotted with Starlink antennas, warning that the Chinese crime syndicates use them to operate multibillion-dollar fraud operations from remote locations, including Myanmar.
Investigations have identified more than 30 compounds along the Thai-Myanmar border, some the size of small cities. People from around the world are trafficked to those compounds and forced to work on the scam operations that generate tens of billions of dollars every year by defrauding individuals.
The action by SpaceX comes after the Department of Justice indictment of the chairman of Prince Group, news of a congressional committee investigation into the criminal use of Starlink, and video footage of thousands of workers leaving the notorious KK Park.
SpaceX VP of Operations Lauren Dreyer addressed the issue on X.
At least 30 other scam compounds remain active along the border, many protected by militia groups. Scam centers are a significant part of element of Myanmar’s wartime economy. The junta relies on Chinese support to maintain its hold on power.
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