Police bust syndicate supplying scam systems
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have dismantled a syndicate involved in supplying records and accounting systems to online scam call centres that target Chinese nationals. According to Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf, the director of the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department, the police conducted a raid on a premises in Cheras on April 10 based […]
Cops cripple contraband smuggling ring with seizures totalling RM98 mln
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have crippled a syndicate involved in smuggling untaxed cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with seizures totalling over RM98 million through three raids in Kuching, Sarawak, on Tuesday (Feb 6). Bukit Aman Department of Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali said the raids were the result of joint surveillance by the […]
Passport forgery ring foiled
BINTULU: No matter how well a syndicate operates, they end up making a mistake that costs them dearly. Such was the conclusion for a group of nine men who attempted to evade the authorities with their illegal operation. Sarawak Immigration Department said their enforcement division have successfully dismantled a passport forgery syndicate in an operation […]
Samarahan police cripple motorcycle theft syndicate
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police here have brought down a motorcycle theft syndicate with the arrest of four locals in an operation codenamed ‘Op Lejang’. District police chief DSP Brodie Brangka in a press conference yesterday (Oct 31), said the first suspect was arrested on Oct 28 following a raid on a house in Kampung Sebandi Matang, […]
Cops cripple vehicle theft racket
KUCHING: City police have put the brakes on a vehicle theft syndicate with the arrest of five locals aged between 36 and 40. The suspects were picked up in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Lejang’ around Sungai Maong here on June 27. Police said the syndicate members were involved in stealing cars and motorcycles around Kuching […]
Another illegal online gambling operation crippled
KUCHING: An illegal online gambling syndicate, reportedly reaping in profits of about RM50,000 since August this year, was crippled following the arrests of three individuals last Thursday. Acting on information, a police team raided an apartment in Jalan Tun Jugah here around 11am — the premises was suspected of being used as an operations centre. […]
Online gambling syndicate busted
KUCHING: Five men were arrested for allegedly operating a ‘Euro 2020’ football betting and online gambling activities in a house at Jalan Stutong on Thursday. In the 12.45pm operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, an integrated task force raided a luxury residential house believed to be used to conduct illegal betting and online gambling activities. Kuching police […]
Love-scammed single mother loses nearly RM1 million
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A single mother here lost nearly RM1 million after falling victim to a love scam syndicate recently. Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief, ACP Shafee Abd Samad, said the 58-year-old account clerk at a supermarket here claimed that she had befriended a man, who claimed to be from the United States (US), via […]
Beware of syndicate using IRB logo
PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has advised the public to be wary of a syndicate which uses the IRB’s logo to scam victims. IRB, in a statement, said the syndicate’s latest modus operandi was to send letters, with the IRB logo, to victims to inform them of their overdue taxes from investments they had […]
Beware syndicate seeking tax payment
KUALA LUMPUR: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has advised the public to be wary of fraudulent tactics by syndicates to get tax payers to make payments for outstanding Sales and Service Tax (SST) through false letters using the IRB’s name and logo. In a statement today, IRB said the false letter contained personal details of […]
