Purportedly AI-Powered KT Platform Reportedly Used in Forced Scamming Operation Involving Trafficked Worker in Myanmar
AP reported that traffickers at Myanmar's Tai Chang scam compound forced a man named Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil to use the AI-powered KT platform to impersonate women and target thousands of people online. The system reportedly supported the scam conversations while monitoring worker performance. Koorimannil said he was beaten for poor results and later paid 500,000 rupees ($5,300) for his release.
- Date it happened
- 2026-06-29
- Organisation involved
- Tai Chang scam compound operators, Scammers, Pig-butchering scammers, Cybercriminals
- Product, system or model
- Workplace productivity monitoring systems, Large language models, Kongtian Intelligent Customer Acquisition (KT), Gemini, ChatGPT, AI-assisted scam operations platforms, Chatbots
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