PM: 165 bank accounts totalling RM296mil linked to money games companies frozen


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 27 Jul 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities have frozen 165 bank accounts holding RM296mil that have links to money games companies, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

In a written parliamentary reply, the Prime Minister said that three operations to curb get-rich-quick schemes were conducted in May by the police and the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry.

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