Crackdown on online frauds


KUALA LUMPUR: Police have cracked down on thousands of mule accounts being misused for online fraud, leading to more than 2,000 arrests in two large-scale operations conducted nationwide.

Commercial Crime Investi­gation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said 1,303 suspects were nabbed during a sting codenamed Ops Mule NSRC, carried out from Sept 22 to 28.

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