Police foil online gambling syndicate, arrest of 18 people
KLUANG: Police have foiled an online gambling syndicate with the arrest of 17 Chinese nationals and a local man in a raid on two houses in Jalan Delima 7, Taman Delima, here last night.
Johor Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Yusof Ahmad said the 7.30 pm raids on the call centres were conducted by police teams from the Johor Contingent Police Headquarters, Iskandar Puteri District Police Headquarters, Johor Bahru Utara District Police Headquarters, and the Kluang District Police Headquarters.
“Those detained were 15 male and two female Chinese nationals, and a local man, all aged between 20 and 50 years. The local man was believed to be the mastermind who managed all the activities and the houses,” he said in a statement today.
Yusof said during the raid, all the suspects were busy managing and promoting the online gambling in the two houses and their victims were Chinese nationals.
He said the syndicate was believed to have been in operations since about two months ago and handled transactions of up to RM200,000 a day, while their monthly intake a month reached RM6 million.
He said police also seized equipment believed to have been used for the syndicate’s activities such as laptops and handphones.
He added that further investigations also found that all the Chinese nationals lived in two houses, with a monthly rental of RM4,700 for both.
“Three of the Chinese nationals were found to have used social visit passes, while the rest did not have passports. Police are now conducting further investigations to uncover if there are other suspects involved,” he said.
All the suspects are being investigated under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 and the Immigration Act 1959/63.
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