In Thailand, up to 500 thousand cards are issued for drops

The Thai authorities are trying to understand the scale of the country’s problems with fraudulent banking operations. According to the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, which leads the Bangkok Post, drops can use from 200 thousand to 500 thousand bank accounts out of 121 million that are used throughout the country.

Under the initiative of this structure, from November 2023, people who deposit cash through ATMs will be required to identify their identity using passport data and OTP, which will ensure more efficient tracking of transactions. In addition, employees of the department, having enlisted the support of the cyber police, regularly review data on transactions that may be fraudulent.

Thanks to this work, the security forces have recently managed to identify more than 10 thousand people who opened about 70 thousand drop accounts. The number of detected fraudulent accounts increases by 1,000 every week. In total, 9.4 billion baht (24.2 billion rubles) were frozen in cases of fraud and gambling on the Internet in the country over the past 12 months.