PENANG: The Anti-Corruption Agency has crippled a syndicate which conned Datuk wannabes into “donating” RM4,500 each, purportedly for a National Day banquet.
State ACA director Abu Kassim Mohamed said the syndicate was crippled with the arrest of a 39-year-old man from Seberang Prai who went around collecting donations impersonating as an officer from the state secretariat.
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