Beat the Market With Our Free Pre-Market Newsletter Enter your email to get Benzinga's ultimate morning update: The PreMarket Activity Newsletter SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is facing pressure from a U.S. senator to prevent the use of Starlink satellite internet service by criminal organizations in Southeast Asia. What Happened: Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) has called on Musk to take action against transnational criminal groups operating in Southeast Asia who are using Starlink to defraud Americans, reported Reuters. She cited reports of Starlink being used by fraudulent “scam compounds” in countries such as Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia, where, according to the United Nations, victims are coerced into labor for unlawful online operations. The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reported that these groups have defrauded Americans of billions of dollars. “SpaceX has a responsibility to block criminals from using the service to target Americans,” Hassan wrote in a letter to Musk. Criminal networks in Southeast Asia remain a growing concern, as the United Nations reports they have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people into scam compounds across the region. Efforts to disrupt these operations—such as cutting off electricity and internet access in targeted areas—have so far failed to eliminate the problem.