Online gambling syndicate busted in Kuala Lumpur office raid
A call center promoting online gambling has been dismantled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after a police raid.
The center, located on the 23rd floor of a building in Jalan Kia Peng, had been posing as a legitimate business.
As part of the raid, Malaysian law enforcement arrested 13 individuals, including 11 Malaysian residents and two Chinese nationals, according to Kuala Lumpur’s acting police chief Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad.
The raid on the call center was part of an ongoing ‘Op Dadu’ joint operation by the Kuala Lumpur Vice, Gambling and Corrupt Practices Crime Investigation Division and the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.
The police chief told Bernama, “The call centre targeted the Indonesian market, employing workers with monthly salaries ranging from RM3,000 to RM4,000.”
Authorities seized 14 computer sets, two laptops, wifi modems, routers, and an attendance machine as part of the investigation. Police believe they had been operating every day since April with business hours from 11am to 8pm.
All the accused are under investigation to determine the full extent of the operation and its connections.
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