Cops nab 50 foreigners, smash international scam syndicate


PETALING JAYA: Police smashed an international scam syndicate dubbed the "Macau Scam" with the arrest of 51 people, 50 of them foreigners.

The 46 Taiwanese nationals, four Chinese nationals and one Malaysian were picked up in raids on two bungalows, in Section 12 and Setia Bistari, Bukit Damansara, said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department Cyber and Multimedia Crimes assistant director ACP Kamaruddin Md Din.

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Crime , Macau scam , Taiwanese , Chinese

   

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