BERNAMA – The Malaysian Immigration Department dismantled a foreign-led online scam syndicate with the arrest of 46 individuals from multiple countries.
Deputy Director-General Jafri Embok Taha said the individuals aged between 23 and 54 from China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand, were detained during raids on 17 luxury residential units in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur, around 11.30am on Wednesday.
“Based on public tip-offs and nearly three weeks of intelligence gathering, we found that the syndicate had rented these premises as call centres to deceive victims with fraudulent offers involving gold, real estate, luxury yachts, stock investments, and foreign exchange schemes,” he said at a press conference yesterday.
