美国司法文件显示，美国法官授权扣押9台Starlink终端与2个账号，并指出至少26个天线位于Three Pagodas Pass诈骗中心屋顶；另一份文件称Tai Chang园区屋顶至少有79个天线。美国司法部表示诈骗中心自东南亚运作多年，以系统化手法窃取数十亿美元，并与中国有组织犯罪相关。行动隶属新成立的“Scam Center Strike Force”，司法部称已扣押约4亿美元加密货币。SpaceX高层10月底称已主动停用超过2,500台在缅甸诈骗园区附近使用的Starlink设备。
司法记录将Starlink连结至“Wealthob”投资诈骗，2017年至2025年11月期间共有约22名受害者向FBI报案，损失约670万美元。调查显示诈骗者通过“误拨短信”开启联系，再转移至WhatsApp或Telegram，引导投入虚假加密投资。Meta与SpaceX记录将诈骗者使用的电话号码与9台Starlink设备及2个菲律宾注册账号关联。文件要求SpaceX冻结或断开相关终端的网络访问。
区域研究指出缅甸、老挝、柬埔寨等地诈骗园区持续扩张并使用强迫劳动，规模达到“十亿美元产业”。WIRED调查发现2024年11月至2025年2月间，诈骗园区数百部手机连接Starlink超过40,000次。部分园区虽遭断电与突袭，但整体仍具韧性。研究人员警告Starlink走私激增，诈骗者采用生成式AI与深伪技术提高骗局效率。
US legal filings show a judge authorized the seizure of nine Starlink terminals and two accounts, noting at least 26 dishes on buildings at the Three Pagodas Pass scam center, while a second filing identified at least 79 dishes at the Tai Chang compound. The DOJ says Southeast Asian scam centers have stolen billions and are linked to Chinese organized crime. The new “Scam Center Strike Force” has already seized roughly $400 million in cryptocurrency. SpaceX stated in late October it had proactively disabled more than 2,500 Starlink units operating near Myanmar scam hubs.
Records tie Starlink to the “Wealthob” investment fraud, with around 22 victims reporting losses of about $6.7 million between 2017 and November 2025. Scammers initiated contact via “misdial” texts, shifted conversations to WhatsApp or Telegram, and pushed fraudulent crypto schemes. SpaceX and Meta data linked scammers’ phone numbers to nine Starlink devices and two accounts registered in the Philippines. Filings order SpaceX to freeze or disconnect the terminals.
Researchers say scam compounds in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia operate with forced labor and have grown into a billion-dollar industry. WIRED found hundreds of phones at border compounds connecting to Starlink more than 40,000 times from November 2024 to February 2025. Despite raids and service cuts, many centers remain functional. Analysts report rising Starlink smuggling and increased use of generative AI and deepfakes to accelerate fraud.