Police in the northern province of Tak arrested a Thai lady for providing ghost SIM cards which have been registered by utilizing the identification cards of migrant staff. Police revealed they confiscated 4,397 of the registered ghost SIM cards.
The arrest was made right now, May 19, by the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, following the latest arrest of a fifty nine 12 months old Thai man named Somchai and his two migrant employees who have been caught promoting registered ghost SIM cards on Wednesday, May 17.
The arrest led to the Facebook account of a Thai lady, 38 year outdated Thanaporn, who bought the ghost SIM playing cards online and had over 3,500 followers. Officers raided her house in Tak right now and confiscated four,397 ready-to-use SIM playing cards, 20 cell phones, a Smith & Wesson .22 calibre revolver, and 50 bullets.
Thanaporn admitted to her actions and confessed that she had been using the identification playing cards of migrant workers and foreigners who stayed in Thailand to register and activate the SIM cards. The SIM playing cards were principally offered to name centres in neighbouring nations and to the legal gangs that operate on-line playing.
Thanaporn revealed that she had been doing this for over six years and offered 1000’s of registered SIM cards before the arrest. After studying that the authorities were cracking down on unlawful SIM cards, she intended to hide the remaining playing cards. However, Savings was arrested before she may proceed. Officers estimated that more than 10,000 SIM cards were used for these actions.
Thanaporn will face a penalty of imprisonment from two to five years, a fine from 200,000 to 500,000 baht or each for advertising and selling phone numbers that are registered with unidentified customers. She was additionally charged with possessing a gun without permission which will result in a penalty of imprisonment for up to 10 years, a fine of as a lot as 20,000 baht, or both..