{"id":91865,"date":"2025-12-05T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91865"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:55:11","slug":"thai-authorities-seize-8-6-million-in-bitcoin-mining-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/thai-authorities-seize-8-6-million-in-bitcoin-mining-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Authorities Seize $8.6 Million in Bitcoin Mining Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Thailand have seized bitcoin mining equipment valued at $8.6 million (300 million baht) from seven organizations suspected of financing Chinese scam groups, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/3149978\/thai-officials-link-seven-bitcoin-mines-to-chinese-scammers\">Bangkok Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Special Investigations confiscated 3,642 mining devices and related electrical equipment during raids.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators revealed that most of the seized equipment was installed in soundproof containers equipped with water cooling systems.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities traced the operations back to a Myanmar-based group of scammers from China, who are linked to fraud incidents totaling over $140 million. Thai officials have sought assistance from China in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe that mining helped the criminals achieve two objectives: converting stolen electricity into income and laundering illicit funds through digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Cybercrime consultant David Sehen Beck commented to <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/350913\/thailand-busts-8-6m-bitcoin-mining-operations-funding-chinese-scam-networks\">Decrypt<\/a> that labeling them as &#8220;Chinese scam groups&#8221; oversimplifies the threat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The same networks responsible for fraudulent forced labor complexes are now investing in physical infrastructure \u2014 data centers, complexes, crypto miners \u2014 because it makes the entire operation more sustainable,&#8221; he explained.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October, nearly 700 people<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/myanmar-military-raid-on-kk-park-scam-centre-prompts-mass-escape\"> escaped<\/a> from the KK Park scam complex in Myanmar following a military raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Thailand have seized bitcoin mining equipment valued at $8.6 million (300 million baht) from seven organizations suspected of financing Chinese scam groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Thai authorities seize $8.6 million in bitcoin mining equipment from suspected scammers.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1153,1137,1266],"class_list":["post-91865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-confiscation","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-thailand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"173","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Thai authorities seize $8.6 million in bitcoin mining equipment from suspected scammers.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91867,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91865\/revisions\/91867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}