Cops bust ‘Macau scam’ ring in Taman Duta


Police questioning the suspects at a three-storey bungalow in Taman Duta on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has crippled a Klang Valley-based Macau Scam syndicate with the arrest of 44 Taiwanese and Chinese nationals.

Bukit Aman CCID (Cyber and Multimedia Crimes) officer Deputy Supt Hong Ken Hock said the syndicate had cheated more than 100 Chinese citizens living in the Jiangsu Province with losses amounting to approximately 3.5mil yuan (RM2.28mil).

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