22 men and women involved in defrauding foreigners, including 3 minors, the youngest of whom is 16 years old

(Batu Pahat, 25th) 22 men and women, including 3 minors, were brought to court by the police today to apply for remand to assist in the investigation for allegedly defrauding foreigners by offering non-existent job opportunities.

Batu Pahat Magistrate’s Court Magistrate Norasidah allowed the police to remand the 22 suspects for two days under Section 420 of the Penal Code (cheating).

The 22 suspects, aged between 16 and 35, including two underage girls, were brought to the Batu Pahat Magistrate’s Court by the police at around 2pm today to apply for remand.

According to the report, the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Team and the Batu Pahat District Commercial Crime Investigation Team arrested 22 suspects at a residence in Sungai Suru, Batu Pahat District at around 12:45 am today based on intelligence.

22 men and women suspected of fraud were brought to court by the police to apply for remand.

According to preliminary police investigation, this group of suspects targeted foreigners, especially Americans and Canadians, and they would send messages to the target group through the social platform Telegram to provide part-time opportunities and provide specific benefits to interested victims.

If someone is interested, the suspects will promise to pay a certain percentage of the salary, but the premise is that the victim must pay a sum of money before participating in the work.

At the same time, these suspects who commit fraud can receive a salary of RM3,000 per month, and if they successfully lure victims into being deceived, there will be additional bonuses.

The police investigation also found that some of these suspects have been engaged in this type of fraud for 6 months, and some have only been engaged for two days.

All suspects have been taken to the Batu Pahat police district detention center to await prosecution.