Police have arrested 11 Thai nationals during a raid on a building in Taman Kota Shahbandar, Melaka, believed to be operating as a call centre for an online scam syndicate targeting victims in Thailand.
MELAKA: Police arrested 11 Thai nationals in a raid on a building believed to be operating as a call centre for an online scam syndicate at Taman Kota Shahbandar here on Monday.
Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Halim Abas said the suspects, comprising four men and seven women aged between 18 and 36, were arrested during the operation at about 10.10 pm.
“Preliminary investigations found that the syndicate is believed to have started operating in early October and used a modus operandi involving impersonating law enforcement agencies to target victims among Thai nationals,” he said in a statement here today.
Halim said initial investigations also found that all the suspects had allegedly yet to receive any salary throughout their involvement in the activity.
Police also seized 11 laptops, 11 mobile phones of various brands and an internet router believed to have been used in the scam, with the items estimated to be worth RM20,000.
He said all the suspects had been remanded for four days from yesterday to assist in further investigations under Sections 420 and 120B of the Penal Code.
