Police bust Akademi Fantasia SMS scam syndicate


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007

KOTA KINABALU: Police have busted a syndicate involved in an Akademi Fantasia SMS scam in Sabah. 

The three key members of the syndicate were arrested in a series of operations by state police here that led to the detention of at least 11 other suspects in connection with the scam that used random SMS to dupe people into parting with their money. 

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