Online fraud: More than 80 individuals nabbed, items worth almost RM800,000 seized

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LUMUT: Eighty-three individuals were arrested after being suspected of being involved in an online fraud syndicate in several raids around the Manjung district, on Monday (July 25).

Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said of the number, 59 were men and 14 women comprising locals and 10 Chinese nationals including a woman, all of whom were between 17 and 54 years old.

"This syndicate is believed to be carrying out several types of fraudulent activities and targeting victims abroad," he said at a press conference on the successful arrest at the Manjung district police headquarters here Wednesday . "Preliminary investigations also found that this syndicate has several groups that are divided into several call centres carrying out different online frauds according to the given modus operandi.

 

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