{"id":777017146,"date":"2024-07-11T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017146"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:16:38","slug":"malaysia-24-arrested-for-alleged-development-of-online-gambling-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-24-arrested-for-alleged-development-of-online-gambling-apps","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 24 arrested for alleged development of online gambling apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out two raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police have arrested 24 people in raids at two apartments along Jalan Tun Razak. Those arrested were allegedly part of two separate groups that were providing software programmers to develop online gambling applications for international clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say criminal groups used the rented apartments as offices to house employees, including programmers. In the first raid, police arrested 15 people, including two Chinese citizens. Police said the group had been operational for six months and made around RM50,000 daily from each software sale to third-party buyers. In the second raid, nine people were arrested, including seven Chinese citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-euro-2024-matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: 2 arrested for alleged betting on Euro 2024 matches<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out two raids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20835,"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 police conducted two raids, arresting 24 individuals allegedly involved in developing online gambling applications for international clients. These groups operated from rented apartments, generating significant daily revenue from software sales to third-party buyers. The arrests highlight ongoing enforcement efforts against illicit iGaming software supply chains.","focusai_entities":"Police","focusai_location":"Malaysia","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 (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border enforcement challenges?","query":"What are the specific cross-border regulatory and enforcement challenges in dismantling international B2B software development networks for illicit iGaming operations?"},{"label":"Impact on legitimate B2B?","query":"How do such large-scale illicit software development operations impact the competitive landscape and reputational integrity of legitimate B2B iGaming suppliers and their compliance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777017146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017146","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=777017146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017165,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017146\/revisions\/777017165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}