Hi-tech evidence: Wangsa Maju criminal investigation department chief ASP Khairil Azwan Ahmad (left) and Supt Mohd Roy showing the computers used by the syndicate to intercept the business transactions.
KUALA LUMPUR: Wangsa Maju police took down a Nigerian syndicate that intercepted RM1.8mil from a Saudi Arabian businessman who was buying cranes from a South Korean company.
The syndicate that consisted of 10 people is believed to have been operating from within Malaysia for as long as five years and may have targeted other high-value business transactions among foreigners.
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