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37 detained over traffic summons scam

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT

2011/06/10
By Roy Goh
news@nst.com.my

Some of the 37 Taiwanese and Chinese nationals who ran the scam from a five-bedroom condominium in Kota Kinabalu yesterday. — NST picture by Malai Rosmah Tuah

KOTA KINABALU: An international syndicate, which duped thousands of Chinese nationals into paying for non-existent traffic summonses, was busted in an upmarket neighbourhood here yesterday.

The syndicate members, comprising 10 Taiwanese and 27 Chinese, were nabbed at a fivebedroom condominium, which acted as their headquarters, near the Waterfront area.

This followed tip-offs from the police in Taiwan and China.

Officers from Bukit Aman federal police headquarters and Kepayan here also seized an assortment of electronic gadgets, mobile telephones and prepaid reload cards in the raid.

The gang members were having boiled noodles and fried eggs for lunch when the police raided the premises.

Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said initial investigations showed the group began operating here last month.

"They operated round the clock," said Syed Ismail, who inspected the main operations centre with state police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib.

A Taiwanese, believed to be the mastermind, was among those arrested. The 10 Taiwanese were all men while 13 of the 27 Chinese nationals were men.

All were aged between 23 and 56.

The group is believed to specialise in "spoofing", a term used to describe an Internet scam using voice-operated Internet protocol. Syed Ismail said the group ran its scam by calling individuals in China to inform them they had been issued summonses and were being sought after by the court.

"From there, they would provide information to the victim on how they could deal with the problem before convincing them to pay to an online account," Syed Ismail said.

"Several of the suspects are technicians and managers who supervised the operations. The rest of the syndicate members were call operator s," he said. He pointed out that the call operators would follow a standard script to help them convince the victims that they were being sought by the authorities.

"The case is being investigated for cheating. We are liaising with our counterparts in Taiwan and China to ascertain the extent of the syndic at e 's operations here," he said.

He said the syndicate had been active in China and Taiwan but decided to move its operations to foreign countries when the authorities there got wind of its activities.

Syed Ismail also revealed that so far this year, police had received 104 reports on Internet scams, involving a total of RM7.9 million.

Last year, there were 1,201 cases involving more than RM20 million while the year before that, the amount stood at RM4.3 million from 333 cases.

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Another held over match rigging

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT

The Singaporean (left), who was remanded in connection with match-fixing, at the Kuala Terengganu magistrate's court yesterday.

KUALA TERENGGANU: A Singaporean is the latest to be hauled up for investigation into alleged match-fixing involving the T-Team in last seasons President's Cup.

The four-day remand order, applied for by the state's Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, was granted by a senior assistant registrar.

A source close to the investigation told the New Straits Times that the suspect was nabbed in Negri Sembilan on Tuesday. However, the source was tight-lipped over details of the suspect's involvement, as the probe was still in its early stage.

The source said some 20 players, a coach, and a team official had been called in to provide their statements at the state MACC office since last week.

The floodgates into the scandal opened following the confession of a former team manager, Mohd Sabri Abas, who revealed the involvement of at least eight players who allegedly fixed matches in the President's Cup last season.

The source said the eight players had their contracts terminated with the league but the team management had yet to file a report with the authorities.

Following Sabri's confession, a T-Team coach, who declined to be named, had exposed a number of players who admitted to having received money in exchange for match-fixing.

The coach said he had been contacted by an individual, who claimed to be a bookie, before being given the names of the players involved in the scandal along with the amount of money that the players received.

Upon receiving the call, the coach went ahead and probed the bookie's claims by checking the account balances of the players involved and found that some contained balances of up to RM27,000, an amount which the coach said could not be justified by the players.

The coach also said the matter was brought up to the team management who terminated the players' contracts without informing the authorities.

The players, however, have been summoned by the MACC to have their statements recorded.

On Monday, the coach of the Negri Sembilan President's Cup football team, Yusarman Yusof was accused of rigging a match and was charged with 21 counts of bribery involving RM24,900 at the Sessions Court.

Yusarman, 35, was suspended from his duties last month and was charged under Section 16 (b) (A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

He faces a maximum 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bribe, or RM10,000, or whichever is higher, upon conviction.

Yusarman claimed trial.

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XOX slides on KL listing debut

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 06:13 PM PDT

XOX Bhd, a Malaysian mobile telecommunications services provider, fell on its debut on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange.

The stock dropped 12 per cent to 70.5 sen at 9:02 a.m. local time.

The company sold shares at 80 sen each in its initial public offering. It's the most active on the exchange with 2.8 million shares traded. -- Bloomberg

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RCE Cap fair value lifted, stock climbs

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 06:15 PM PDT

RCE Capital Bhd, a Malaysian consumer credit provider, rose the most in more than six months in Kuala Lumpur trading after RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd raised its fair value for the stock to RM1.10.

Its shares climbed 6 per cent to 53 sen at 9:05 a.m. local time, set for their biggest increase since Nov. 22. -- Bloomberg

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Duo's birthday bash on ice

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]THE birthday cake for Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and Badhri Radzi will taste a whole lot better if Kelantan win the FA Cup tomorrow.

Lazio confirm Klose signing

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:40 AM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]ROME: Germany striker Miroslav Klose has signed a two-year deal with Italian giants Lazio after failing to agree on a contract extension with German league side Bayern Munich.

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