Tag - Cryptocurrency Scam

Cops bust crypto scam call centre in Bagan Datuk, 22 foreigners held

IPOH: Police have arrested 22 Chinese nationals and shut down a cryptocurrency scam call centre operating out of a homestay in Bagan Datuk. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the arrests were made during a raid at the premises at about 1am on Tuesday (April 7). "Those arrested included 19 men and three women,...

Trading ‘guru’ fleeces victim of RM3mil in cryptocurrency scam

KUALA LUMPUR: A cryptocurrency scam has left a 53-year-old man about RM3mil poorer after he was duped by a so-called trading "guru". According to Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), the 53-year-old victim, who works in an oil and gas company, responded to an advertisement on social media in December. He was then introduced to a...