These cards were then modified to buy goods online.
KUALA LUMPUR: A cheque and credit card intercepting syndicate known as “Kumpulan Ah Chong’” was crippled following the detention of five of its members, including a woman – all locals – in a raid on a condominium on Jalan Ampang, here, on Saturday.
In the raid, a police team from the Commercial CID of the Brickfields police, also seized fake identity cards, cell-phones, debit cards, cheques of numerous banks and equipment boxes believed to be used to modify cheques and identity card chips.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Mazlan Lazim said the syndicate would intercept credit cards posted by banks to condominiums in the Klang Valley.
These were then modified to buy goods online.
The 817 suspected cloned credit cards seized at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport early today (Photo: Sabah police).
“The items bought online were resold for profits.
“The activity, which had taken place since August, resulted in losses amounting to RM500,000.
“Investigation found that one of the five suspects, aged 30 to 40 years, has three ‘wanted’ records for escaping from Restriction Order under Section 15 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) in Terengganu.”
Mazlan said three suspects were remanded until tomorrow while the two others were freed on police bail after their statements were taken.
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