Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021 04:24 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay points to mugshots of those arrested during Sunday’s raids. Picture by Ben Tan
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JOHOR BARU, March 9 A 15-year-old male teenager was among 18 people arrested for suspected involvement in a scam syndicate that specialised in impersonating family members or friends after the police raided two houses in Kempas and Setia Indah here two days ago.
It was learnt that the teenager is a school dropout and had just started working for the syndicate for less than a month before the authorities raided their premises.
Published on: Friday, March 05, 2021
By: Bernama
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JOHOR BAHRU: Police have crippled a Macau Scam syndicate, with the arrest of 12 members in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, on Feb 28.
Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the suspects, comprising 11 men and a woman aged 22 to 33, were detained at Cheras area between 4.30pm and 6.10pm.
The suspects were arrested following a raid on a shophouse, which had been used as a Macau Scam centre, in Kota Tinggi on Feb 2, which led to the seizure of 52 mobile phones of various brands, a computer and two modems.
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“We believe the suspects had fled when the Kota Tinggi premises was raided. The arrests were made possible with the help the Kuala Lumpur police.
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JOHOR BARU: A company here lost more than half a million ringgit after falling for the tricks of a business email compromise (BEC) scammer posing as one of its suppliers.
State police Commercial Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said that the police received a report from the company’s representative on Wednesday (Feb 18).
“According to the complainant, the company had received an email from one of its suppliers asking them to make payment to a different bank account as there was a problem with their original bank account.
“However, after making the payment, they then received another email from the supplier, saying that they had not received the payment. The supplier also denied sending the first email or changing its bank account, ” he said in a statement Friday (Feb 19).
JOHOR BARU: A 74-year-old businessman whose printing business was badly affected due to the movement control order since last year thought he could reverse his fortunes by taking up a loan from an international body.
However, the “friend” he met via Facebook who offered to help him secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) turned out to be a scammer.
Promising the businessman IMF loans totalling US$900,000 (RM3.6mil), the swindler managed to con the businessman out of RM3.8mil as upfront payments.
It is learnt that between July and December last year, the businessman banked in a total of 64 transactions in the hope of securing the IMF loan.