Police have crippled an international fraud syndicate that offered fraudulent online investments to Europeans.
A total of 49 suspects were arrested following a crackdown on the syndicate's Jalan Bukit Bintang office in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 6.
Preliminary investigations found that the syndicate was believed to be involved in forex investment fraud targeting citizens of France, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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A total of 49 suspects were arrested following a crackdown on the syndicate's Jalan Bukit Bintang office in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 6.
Preliminary investigations found that the syndicate was believed to be involved in forex investment fraud targeting citizens of France, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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00:00 Next, the second achievement, and we congratulate the Chief of Police of Kuala Lumpur and his team,
00:07 Chief of JSJK Kuala Lumpur, on the arrest of the investment fraud syndicate on the threads that targeted European citizens.
00:18 [In Indonesian]
00:44 The state of the state for the individuals detained are two Malaysian men, one Armenian woman,
00:55 one Senegalese man, four Algerian men and four women, one Moroccan man and two women,
01:06 one man and two women from Mauritius, nine men and two women from Guinea, four men from Togo,
01:16 one man and one woman from Cameroon, one woman from Haiti, one woman from Djibouti,
01:24 one woman from Madagascar, one man and one woman from Congo, three men from Ivory Coast,
01:33 one man from Chad, one man and one woman from Tunisia, three men and one woman from Ukraine.
01:42 This is like a list of the PBB, National Police Unit.
01:48 The arrested men were 47 computers, 49 mobile phones of various names,
01:55 six laptops and two televisions. The case was investigated under section 420511 of the Penal Code.
02:04 This shows how this syndicate is made up of multinationals, international.
02:11 This is part of the material, just part of it.
02:15 Based on the preliminary investigation, this syndicate is involved in the fraud of Forex investment,
02:25 which is targeted at French, Ukrainian, United Kingdom and Switzerland.
02:30 This group will send short messages through telegram and website Real Capital,
02:38 containing the advertisement of Forex investment in the media to their target audience using the Zopief application and CRM link.
02:48 After the victim says he is interested in Forex investment, the victim will be taught to invest in the scheme.
02:57 So far, two Malaysian citizens have been released with police guarantees after their charges were dropped on 10 February.
03:06 And a female OKT citizen has been released with police guarantees on 8 February 2024 due to pregnancy.
03:14 Meanwhile, other OKT citizens are being prosecuted under the Immigration Act 1959/63,
03:22 each up to 23 February and 24 February 2024.
03:28 [Speaking in Indonesian]
03:52 And any details on how they were recruited?
03:58 I believe from these Malaysians.
04:01 Alright, thank you very much. Thank you all.
04:04 [Speaking in Indonesian]
04:20 Why?
04:22 Why as a hub?
04:24 Why?
04:26 Maybe because of our location or coincidence here or there are good facilities.
04:31 If you look at one of the captions, it says there is someone who was arrested.
04:35 What's his name? Raymond Abbas or something.
04:38 He was arrested in Dubai recently.
04:40 He has been in Malaysia.
04:42 One of the reasons he was in Malaysia is because of our complete facilities here.
04:48 From an online perspective, our system is good and so on.
04:52 So that is our advantage.
04:57 But the advantage is that we have been used by the Malaysian government to operate and settle here.
05:04 Alright.
05:06 [End of Audio]