KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian woman claims to have lost more than RM4mil after being deceived by a Labuan-based foreign currency (forex) investment syndicate. The woman, identified only as Suzy, 53, said that she began investing in the company in 2020, depositing a total of S$1.3mil (RM4.3mil) into two local bank accounts associated with the company. Based in...
PETALING JAYA: Seven Vietnamese women were rescued after the Immigration Department busted a human trafficking and sex exploitation syndicate here. The department said that the seven women, aged between 32 and 45 years old, were rescued during a raid at a shoplot in Klang on Oct 21. "Based on complaints received, the women were imprisoned inside the...
IPOH: Five men have been arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking syndicate. Perak police chief Datuk Comm Azizi Mat Aris stated that the arrests took place during a raid at a rented house in Chui Chak, near Teluk Intan, on Oct 10 around 8pm. The suspects, aged between 30 and 47, have prior criminal and...
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is currently tracking down another doctor to help with the investigation into allegations of falsified Social Security Organisation (Socso) disability claims in Penang. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) confirmed that the doctor is employed at a hospital in Penang. ALSO READ: Socso claim process to be overhauled in wake of recent...
WHEN it comes to crime syndicates, it is not unheard of for insurance fraud to be one of the ways for these groups to make money through illegal means. That said, it is rarer - and consequently more shocking - for such syndicates to kill unwitting people as part of their modus operandi. It was claimed recently...
JOHOR BARU: Police rescued two Chinese nationals with special needs who were forced to beg for a syndicate at a busy night market here. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said they were rescued following the arrest of two locals, who were members of the syndicate, on Thursday (June 13). “Following a public tip-off, police...
JOHOR BARU: Police rescued two Chinese nationals with special needs who were forced to beg for a syndicate at a busy night market here. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said they were rescued following the arrest of two locals, who were members of the syndicate, on Thursday (June 13). “Following a public tip-off, police...
SHAH ALAM: Two bank officers are among 16 people arrested for alleged involvement in a syndicate that buys and sells bank accounts and ATM cards for fraudulent activities. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were arrested in several raids around Gombak between March 20 and 22. "One of those arrested was a...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the owner and director of a company suspected of colluding with a cigarette and alcohol smuggling syndicate. According to sources, both individuals allegedly had roles as collectors of mule accounts to be used in paying bribes to civil servants involved in releasing containers filled with cigarettes and...
ALOR SETAR: A 57-year-old man was killed in a shoot-out with the police at Napoh, Changloon here on Friday (Feb 16). Kedah police chief Datuk Fisol Salleh in the 5.30pm incident the suspect fired two shot at the police before he was killed in an operation dubbed as Op Laras. "During the operation, police spotted a car...
