KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Police crippled an online gambling syndicate following a raid at a luxury condominium unit, which was used as a call centre, in Jalan Tun Razak here early Wednesday (April 21).
In the 12.30am raid, 11 individuals, aged between 19 and 38 years old, including a Chinese national woman who was believed to be the caretaker of the condominium unit, were arrested.
Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Senior Asst Comm Saiful Annuar Yusoff said the centre was found to have been operating for the past two months and raking in profits of up to RM20,000 a day.
"The syndicate is believed to be promoting online gambling to Chinese nationals at the premises, which was rented for RM10,000 a month," he said when contacted Wednesday.