Jumpa RM1.4 juta dalam peti besi
Couple among four held for illegal cryptocurrency activities, RM1.4 mln seized
BERNAMA
11/11/2020
PETALING JAYA, Nov 10 -- Four individuals, including a woman and her husband, were arrested yesterday on suspicion of being involved in online gambling and illegal cryptocurrency investment activities.
Petaling Jaya District Police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said those arrested were two foreign men and two women, one foreign and one local, who was a former bank employee.
“Police raided a terrace house in Ara Damansara at 1.15 pm yesterday and detained a foreigner, aged 33, and his wife, a 27-year-old local.
“Checks were then conducted on seven laptops and police suspected the existence of online cryptocurrency investment activities that are not registered with Bank Negara,” he told reporters today.
He added that police found and confiscated cash totalling RM1,414,740 from a safe in the house that was opened with the help of firefighters.
After further investigations, police detained a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, both foreigners, at a condominium in Sunway, and checks conducted on their laptops revealed cryptocurrency investment and online gambling activities.
“They admitted to working with the 33-year-old foreigner detained earlier. All the suspects have been remanded for four days and the case will be investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code and Section 4(1)(g) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953,” he said.
He said the suspects were found to have been active for the past three months, targeting Chinese nationals as customers.
BERNAMA
11/11/2020
PETALING JAYA, Nov 10 -- Four individuals, including a woman and her husband, were arrested yesterday on suspicion of being involved in online gambling and illegal cryptocurrency investment activities.
Petaling Jaya District Police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said those arrested were two foreign men and two women, one foreign and one local, who was a former bank employee.
“Police raided a terrace house in Ara Damansara at 1.15 pm yesterday and detained a foreigner, aged 33, and his wife, a 27-year-old local.
“Checks were then conducted on seven laptops and police suspected the existence of online cryptocurrency investment activities that are not registered with Bank Negara,” he told reporters today.
He added that police found and confiscated cash totalling RM1,414,740 from a safe in the house that was opened with the help of firefighters.
After further investigations, police detained a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, both foreigners, at a condominium in Sunway, and checks conducted on their laptops revealed cryptocurrency investment and online gambling activities.
“They admitted to working with the 33-year-old foreigner detained earlier. All the suspects have been remanded for four days and the case will be investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code and Section 4(1)(g) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953,” he said.
He said the suspects were found to have been active for the past three months, targeting Chinese nationals as customers.
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