Thailand cut power/Internet/fuel to Myanmar border towns in Feb ’25—so the compounds flipped to diesel + Starlink and kept scamming. Disruption up north didn’t end it; it displaced it south to Shwe Kokko–Myawaddy and Tachileik–Mae Sai.
China-led repatriations topped 53k suspects after Operation 1027 dented Kokang hubs—yet Thai police still estimate up to 100k people tied to the border scam economy. Translation: higher costs, same hustle.
What to do now: choke first-funding via 24–48h holds + device-fingerprint velocity caps; block broker portals; squeeze OTC cash-outs in Mae Sot/Mae Sai. Are you measuring hold rates and first-time crypto wires from border districts?
Read the research → https://blog.alphahunt.io/kill-the-lights-fire-up-starlink-scam-compounds-slide-south
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