Six nabbed for withdrawing scam proceeds from mule accounts

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The "financial arm" of a scam syndicate is believed to have been crippled with the arrest of six suspects, including a Vietnamese woman.   Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said those arrested were believed to be responsible for withdrawing up to RM200,000 daily from more than 100 mule accounts using ATM cards.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/fv2dua7v  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00On January 26, 2025, a police force from the Selangor Police Department

00:10managed to arrest six people, consisting of four Chinese men,

00:18one Chinese woman and one Vietnamese woman,

00:22who were believed to be involved in the issuance of cash through ATM machines

00:27using Mule account ATM cards.

00:31The source of the money was believed to be a scam.

00:36The arresters managed to seize 10 mobile phones of various names,

00:43cash worth Rp 200,000 and 122 Keping ATM cards

00:50of various banks believed to be used by the syndicate

00:53to carry out various frauds on the internet.

00:56According to the initial statement obtained by the modus operandi used by the syndicate,

01:01the suspect will be split into several groups

01:04and all instructions will be conveyed through Telegram and WhatsApp groups.

01:10The suspect will receive ATM cards from the syndicate runner,

01:14then the suspect will issue cash through ATM machines

01:19at the bank using these ATM cards.

01:24Every day, the suspect will issue cash through ATM machines

01:29until he reaches a target of more than Rp 200,000.

01:33Then the money will be handed over to the runner or other syndicate members

01:38for the purpose of fraud, including the purchase of digital cash.

01:43The investigation is carried out under Section 420 of the Criminal Code

01:48and the suspect can be imprisoned for no more than 10 years

01:52and sentenced to 3 years in prison.

01:57All suspects have been detained according to the provisions under Section 117

02:02of the Criminal Code to assist the police.

02:11Between the ages of 30 and 40

02:18we have investigated 5 citizens and 1 foreigner.

02:32We believe that this is one of the rare cases

02:44where we have found or arrested

02:46a group of people who issue cash from ATM machines

02:51in the form of syndicates.

02:54They are deceiving another syndicate.

02:57They issue cash from another syndicate.

03:00This is a group of people who issue cash from banks every day

03:06and hand it over to the syndicate involved.

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