100 scammers still at large


By Justin

PUTRAJAYA: Acting on complaints from the public, the Immigration Department deployed 150 personnel for a raid after a month-long surveillance, expecting this to be its biggest-ever crackdown.

The entire six-storey building in Cyberjaya had been taken over by a syndicate operating a call centre for an investment and foreign exchange (forex) scam targeting Chinese citizens.

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