The Immigration Department scores big after arresting 680 suspected scammers in this year’s biggest single operation.
Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said that the syndicate was operating from a 6-storey building in Cyberjaya. It has been operating for around 6 months and that the building was used as a call centre.
“We seized around 8,230 handphones, 174 laptops and 787 computers.Several of our officers were injured after a group attacked and tried to break through our barricade”
“Around 100 succeeded and we are working with the police to track them down, ” he said at a press conference at the department’s headquarters here.
Nearly 100 over people trying to run away. Netizens that spotted the incident thought it was a marathon event!
Investigations showed that the group targeted victims in China by offering fast and profitable returns, in their investment scams.
The posting about the raided premises of the scammer group caught the attention of many netizens who praised the Immigration Department.
Source & Photo credit : The Star