Businessman arrested for allegedly facilitating RM600,000 phone scam


GEORGE TOWN: Police have arrested a 38-year-old businessman suspected of allowing his bank account to be used by a phone scam syndicate that has caused a victim to lose more than RM600,000.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Azizee Ismail said the suspect was picked up in central Seberang Perai on Tuesday (Sept 23) during Ops Mule NSRC conducted by the district Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID).

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