Police break loan scam syndicate with arrest of five people

By JO TIMBUONG
  • Nation

  • Friday, 28 Jul 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested five people in connection to a loan scam syndicate believed to have conned more than 30 people nationwide.

Kuala Lumpur Police commercial crimes investigations division chief Asst Comm Mohd Luthfi Ismail Abdullah said four men and a woman in their 20s lured victims into borrowing money from them, but never dispensed any of the promised funds.

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