{"id":777015403,"date":"2024-05-10T09:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T12:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015403"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:24:18","slug":"malaysia-6-arrested-over-alleged-gambling-and-scams-call-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-6-arrested-over-alleged-gambling-and-scams-call-centre","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 6 arrested over alleged gambling and scams call centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Johor police raided a call centre believed to be facilitating online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-\u00a0Police have arrested six foreigners\u00a0in Puteri Harbour, Iskandar Puteri, for suspected involvement in a call centre connected to scams and online gambling.\u00a0The suspects, four men and two women aged between 24 and 36,\u00a0were arrested by the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) and Johor police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Star, the call centre\u00a0was believed\u00a0to be operating for only one month, and its primary target was people in other countries.\u00a0Police seized laptops and mobile phones. The investigation is\u00a0being carried out\u00a0under Section 420 of the Penal Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-46-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: 46 arrested for alleged illegal&nbsp;gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johor police raided a call centre believed to be facilitating online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"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, specifically the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) and Johor police, conducted a raid on a call centre in Puteri Harbour, arresting six foreign nationals. The operation was allegedly facilitating online gambling and scams targeting international users, operating for approximately one month. Investigations are proceeding under Section 420 of the Penal Code.","focusai_entities":"Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), Johor police, The Star","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Johor, Puteri Harbour, Iskandar Puteri","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement?","query":"What specific international cooperation mechanisms are being leveraged by Malaysian authorities to address the cross-border nature of these illicit online gambling and scam operations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact?","query":"How do such enforcement actions against unregulated call centres impact the broader regulatory compliance landscape and the perception of market integrity for legitimate iGaming operators in Southeast Asia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777015403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015403","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=777015403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015416,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015403\/revisions\/777015416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}