Melaka Commercial Crime chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan
(pic) said investigators are expanding the probe to understand how the suspects entered the country and whether or not they were vaccinated or quarantined. We are trying to get fresh leads on their journey here as Malaysia has implemented strict entry restrictions and quarantine requirements due to Covid-19, he said on Friday (April 30).
On the arrest, Supt Sundra said five men and four women - all Chinese nationals - were detained under Ops Pelican on Wednesday (April 28)
He said the arrests were made at three houses in Taman Alai Perdana here.
Supt Sundra said the suspects are aged 25 to 35 and targeted victims from China.
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MELAKA: It sounds unbelievable but a 23-year-old female entrepreneur from Masjid Tanah here actually ended up paying RM19,681 as processing fees to apply for a RM20,000 loan that she never received.
Kurnool ASI Tips Off Hyderabad Cops On Loan Apps Chinese Call Centre, Hands Over Son Jan 02, 2021, 13:55 IST
HYDERABAD: An Andhra Pradesh police officer handed over his own son to the Hyderabad cyber crime police department after his alleged involvement in the “Instant Loan Apps Scam” case. The Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh after getting information on his son’s involvement in the scam, tipped off the Hyderabad cyber crime branch and turned him over to the police.
The ASI told Hyderabad police about his son’s work in a call centre. His son worked in the same companies that harassed the loan defaulters. These call centres that were setup by Chinese nationals, resulted in more than 20,000 crore fraud. The money was sent off from India to China in the form of bitcoins.