KUALA LUMPUR: Two foreigners have been arrested while attempting to cash travellers cheques that had either been tampered with or were fake, and police believe they are part of a international syndicate with extensive networking.
The syndicate has already managed to cash the cheques in other Asean countries, including Vietnam and Indonesia, but met its match when an alert bank teller in KL Sentral alerted the police.
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