Seven arrested over bitcoin investment scam website


JOHOR BARU: Six Malaysians and a China national believed to be involved in a bitcoin investment scam have been arrested in a raid in Taman Abad here.

Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Padzli Mohd Zain said the five men and two women, aged 17 to 25, may have received a monthly salary of around RM3,000 with a 5% commission from the investment scam.

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