Immigration Dept raids luxury condo, cripples scam syndicate

KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department has crippled an online scam syndicate with the arrest of six foreigners at a luxury condominium here. Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said they raided the luxury condominium at Jalan U-Thant at around 4.30pm on Monday (April 25). “We received a complaint that foreigners had … Read more

Drugs worth RM1.2mil seized in Johor, cops arrest three

JOHOR BARU: The police have arrested three people in a special operation involving the seizure of RM1.2mil worth of drugs. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the suspects were arrested in three separate raids in the Johor Baru and Iskandar Puteri areas between Wednesday (Jan 10) and Sunday (Jan 14). “The syndicate’s … Read more

China indicts 52 per cent more cyber scammers than last year as country cracks down on fraud rings

A total of 17,000 people were indicted for taking part in overseas cyber syndicates in the first 10 months, up 5.3 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. Their victims were mostly in mainland China. Myanmar cybercrime kingpin dead, family handed over to China China also stepped up its crackdown on human smugglers … Read more