Central Investigation Police arrested a ghost sim gang hired to open the Line Avatar app for online gambling website networks to use in advertisements to intoxicate people who gamble. Central Investigation Police Together they arrested Mr. Thitikorn, 25 years old, for the crime of "procuring advertisements in order to buy or sell telephone numbers." who registered as a user of the service in the name of a person (simphie) and jointly advertised or persuaded others to gamble.' The arrest was made at a house in Nong Bua Subdistrict, Mueang District, Udon Thani Province. Continuing on February 10th. Customs officials at the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border checkpoint No. 1, Mueang Nong Khai District, along with police from Mueang Nong Khai Police Station, arrested Thi Thung, 39 years old, Vietnamese nationality. call center gang network Along with the seized items were 12 SIM boxes, 2,000 SIM cards, 7 notebook computers and 3 mobile phones, which were communication tools of the call center gang. in a way tha t Nong Khai is used as a signal transmission base As for the call center gang, they are based in neighboring countries. A phone number which is a Thai number with a Thai SIM card was used to call. From the investigation, it was found that there is a network called "Swan" which is a network that sells mobile phone SIM cards that are not registered with the real user name (ghost SIM) to a network of online gambling websites. and call center networks across the country. In the past 3 years, there have been more than 10 million victims both inside and outside the country, causing more than 3,000 million baht in damages. For the accused, Mr. Thitikorn, it was found that over the past 2 months Ghost SIMs have been ordered from the 'Swan' network 8 times, totaling approximately 2,500 SIMs. During the interrogation, Mr. Thitikorn confessed that he was hired to use a ghost SIM card to register for a Line application user account. Then use it as a channel for advertising and inviting people to gamble online. to a net work of online gambling websites outside the country Get paid in digital currency The police then detained him to face legal action. And will expand the results to follow the "Swan" network to prosecute the entire process. - Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency