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Thai authorities have apprehended a 31-year-old Japanese man at Suvarnabhumi Airport for his suspected role in an international call-centre fraud scheme allegedly connected to yakuza networks based in Cambodia.
Twenty Chinese men and a Taiwanese woman have been charged in court in Kota Kinabalu for their alleged roles in orchestrating a fake investment scheme.
Malaysian authorities arrested a Singaporean man in Perlis and transferred him to Singapore Police Force on suspicion of involvement in a Cambodia-based scam ring that defrauded victims of approximately S$53 million.
Central Java police have arrested 39 suspects—Indonesians, Nepalese and Myanmar nationals—for running an international cryptocurrency investment scam targeting 133 victims in the United States, netting $2.32 million.
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A retired civil servant in Kuala Terengganu lost RM97,933 to scammers posing as investment advisors on TikTok. The victim transferred money after being lured by promises of high returns on social media.
Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student who was manipulated by scammers into staging her own abduction in Bangkok to extort ransom from her Hong Kong family.
Authorities in Labuan have remanded 56 foreign nationals and one Malaysian citizen over involvement in a sophisticated scam operation targeting South Korean residents.
Hong Kong actor Ray Lui disclosed how he lost over RM500,000 to a fraudulent business partner in the 1990s. Years later, he chose to settle RM150,000 in mortgage debt to prevent the scammer's girlfriend and her son from losing their home.