Authorities clarify that services won’t be interferedwith while they check for ‘mule accounts’ utilized by scammers PUBLISHED : 28 May 2024 at 20: 11 Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangthong (centre) speaks at a conference called on Tuesday to address confusion and issue over the effect on mobile banking services of stepped-up checks desired to fracture down on scams and monetary criminaloffenses. (Photo: Ministry of Digital Economy and Society) Owners of mobile bank accounts can continue to usage the services as typical while authorities check to match the names of account holders and phone customers, intending to clamp down on bank accounts utilized by scammers, states the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES). The crackdown, which started on Monday, raised issues amongst account owners who have phone numbers signedup in various names, however have not engaged in unlawful activities.
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