{"id":777012970,"date":"2024-02-07T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012970"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:16:45","slug":"__trashed-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/__trashed-12","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: arrests made over alleged payment ring for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ten people have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Authorities in Malaysia claim to have dismantled <strong>a syndicate facilitating online payments for illegal gambling<\/strong>. Raids resulted in the arrest of ten people, including a man named\u00a0<strong>Datuk Seri<\/strong>, the alleged mastermind of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police operations took place from January 28 to 31 in the Klang Valley.\u00a0Among those arrested were technicians, programmers, and administrative personnel. As reported by The Star, the syndicate, operational since mid-2022, provided online payment facilities to illegal gambling entities through an entity named Cita Layar Sdn Bhd.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its platform, MyPay88, allegedly enabled transactions amounting to an estimated RM576m. The suspects, aged between 27 and 49, were remanded for three to eleven days following their arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Comm Datuk Muhammad Hasbullah Ali, head of the IGP secretariat&#8217;s anti-money laundering division, said police seized nine mobile phones, three computer accessories, four sets of documents, 10 luxury vehicles and RM325,000 cash. Some 42 bank accounts with RM18.2m in funds were frozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations revealed that approximately 40 illegal gambling operations allegedly used MyPay88 for transactions. The syndicate profited by levying a 2 per cent commission on each transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-23-arrested-in-raids-on-alleged-illegal-gambling-and-crypto-call-centres\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: 23 arrested in raids on alleged illegal gambling and crypto call centres<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten people have been arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysian authorities have dismantled an illegal online gambling payment syndicate, leading to ten arrests, including the alleged mastermind. The syndicate, operating since mid-2022 via Cita Layar Sdn Bhd and its MyPay88 platform, allegedly facilitated RM576 million in transactions for approximately 40 illegal gambling operations, profiting from a 2% commission. This enforcement action highlights ongoing regulatory challenges and the financial scale of illicit iGaming activities within the region.","focusai_entities":"Datuk Seri, Cita Layar Sdn Bhd, MyPay88, The Star, Deputy Comm Datuk Muhammad Hasbullah Ali, IGP secretariat\u2019s anti-money laundering division","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Klang Valley","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Illicit GGR?","query":"What is the estimated impact of this syndicate's dismantling on the overall Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of the illicit iGaming market in Malaysia, and how might this shift market share towards regulated entities?"},{"label":"Payment Gateway Due Diligence?","query":"What enhanced due diligence protocols should legitimate payment gateway providers and iGaming operators implement to prevent similar illicit payment facilitation within their B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777012970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012970"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012993,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012970\/revisions\/777012993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}