Five Nigerian students have been arrested and
detained in Malaysia over their alleged involvement in an internet fraud
amounting to RM2.4 million (627,258.40 USD) in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
The five students, aged between 20 and 30, and
pursuing Information Technologycourses in a leading private college in Kuala
Lumpur, were arrested on June 30, 2015 at different areas in that country
including Petaling Jaya, Cyberjaya, Damansara and Kuala Lumpur.
Following the arrest of the five students, police
also detained the two local women, aged 40 and 55, who are the owners of the
accounts used by the syndicate said Penang Commercial Crimes chief ACP Azmi
Adam.
ACP Azmi said police also seized five laptops, 20
hand phones, ATM cards, SIM cardsand documents believed to have been used to
con their victims.
He said police launched ‘Ops Merpati’ after
receiving a report from the owner of an ice producing factory owner in George
Town who claimed he had been cheated by the syndicate. The 62-year-old victim
said he had received an e-mail from the syndicate in March, informing him that
he was among 50 recipients selected to receive RM15.9 million from the
government of the United States.
“The e-mail requested the victim to follow certain
procedures to ensure he did not miss the opportunity. Convinced by the contents
of the e-mail, the victim carried out 51 transactions involvingMONEY, to
accounts numbers given by the syndicate before realising it was a scam. He
later lodged a police report,” he said.
Azmi said initial investigations revealed that the
syndicate had conned several victims to a tune of RM2.4 million. Police have
also found transactions involving up to RM1 million that were banked in from a
neighbouring country
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