Police have dismantled a cryptocurrency investment fraud call centre, believed to be targeting Japanese citizens, following separate raids on two luxury residential properties in the capital on Aug 19.
A local man and 16 men from China were among 21 individuals arrested.
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A local man and 16 men from China were among 21 individuals arrested.
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00:00Arrest of Cryptocurrency Investors
00:05In accordance with the information provided by the Calling Center for Cryptocurrency Investors,
00:12on 19 August 2024,
00:15two robberies were committed in two residential areas around Kuala Lumpur.
00:21The result of the robberies, 21 individuals,
00:24consisted of one local man,
00:2716 men and 1 woman from China,
00:311 man from Hong Kong,
00:341 woman from Laos,
00:36and 1 man from Myanmar,
00:39aged 22 to 37 years, were arrested.
00:45All the arrested foreigners were believed to have served as workers
00:50serving customers at the Calling Center for Cryptocurrency Investors,
00:53while a local man was believed to have served as a guard or a runner at the Center.
01:0217 sets of computers,
01:0655 mobile phones of various names,
01:091 router,
01:111 set of house keys,
01:13and 2 mobile units were confiscated.
01:15Here is how the case was handled.
01:19According to the investigation, the Calling Center for Cryptocurrency Investors
01:23had just started operations less than a month ago.
01:27This syndicate used a luxury bungalow
01:30with two high-rise floors
01:33and located far from the main road
01:36as an operation center
01:38to hide their activities
01:41from the authorities.
01:43This is what I and my team at GSJK
01:47are fighting for.
01:48If possible,
01:49there should be an amendment
01:52from the law
01:53to put the premise owners
01:57or the owners of these premises
01:59as responsible.
02:01On the basis of knowing your customers.
02:04They should know
02:06that people want to use their premises for scams.
02:09They cannot be released just like that.
02:12If you want to give rent to someone,
02:14whoever you are dealing with,
02:16you must be responsible
02:18when the tenant commits a crime
02:21in your premises.
02:22If not, they will be released.
02:25Those who are detained have a role
02:27to look for victims through social media
02:29such as Tinder and Nine Monsters.
02:32The most powerful victims
02:34will be asked to invest
02:36through Bitbank and Coincheck applications.
02:39The target of this syndicate
02:41is the victims
02:42among the Japanese citizens.
02:45The investigation also found
02:47that the syndicate members
02:48entered Malaysia
02:49through social media.
02:52All of them received a salary
02:54in the form of commission
02:55which is 20%
02:57of the money
02:58that was successfully swindled.
03:00The individuals of the detainees
03:02were released
03:04by the police
03:05on 25 August 2024
03:07after their sentence
03:09had expired.
03:10Meanwhile,
03:1120 other individuals
03:13were detained
03:15under the Immigration Act
03:17of 1959-1963.