Selangor victims cheated of RM20.8mil by foreign 'students' in scams


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

ACP Sakri holding up photos of scammers flaunting their wealth in their hometowns.

SHAH ALAM: They entered the country as students of local higher institutions of learning. But some of these “students” were found to be members of syndicates that have cheated victims of RM20.8mil in Selangor alone.  

Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) head Asst Comm Mohd Sakri Arifin said between January and November this year, police received 554 cases of scams amounting to RM20.8mil in losses.  

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