TELUK INTAN, Oct 2 — Police have arrested 13 people over a syndicate that allegedly used Alipay accounts opened with Malaysians’ passport details to receive and transfer proceeds from online gambling scams targeting Chinese nationals.
Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the suspects, comprising five Malaysians and eight Myanmar nationals aged between 20 and 44, were arrested in two raids here on Sept 28.
They were believed to have acted as the syndicate’s leaders and agents responsible for processing the accounts.
“Investigations found that the syndicate acted as a payment gateway agent to transfer proceeds from online gambling scams targeting Chinese nationals.
“The modus operandi involved using mobile phones for facial scans and offering RM500 to locals willing to open Alipay accounts by providing their Malaysian passport details,” he told a press conference at the Hilir Perak district police headquarters today.
