Gambling ring nets RM5 million a month from 3,000 players

Gambling ring nets RM5 million a month from 3,000 players

Selangor police detain six men and four women in raids around Klang.

The gambling syndicate had players from Malaysia and Indonesia. (Rawpixel pic)
SHAH ALAM:
Police have detained 10 members of a gambling syndicate at two premises around Klang for promoting online gambling involving monthly transactions of almost RM5 million with over 3,000 players.

Selangor police chief, Arjunaidi Mohamed said six men and four women in their 20s and 40s were detained.

“The syndicate had players from Malaysia and Indonesia. They use local and overseas bank account numbers for their transactions,” he told a press conference today.

The raids were held over three days and police confiscated 21 laptops, information technology tools and cash totalling RM100,000.

In separate raids in Klang and Kajang, police detained 18 people comprising 13 players and five caretakers.

Police also impounded 59 computers and information technology tools plus cash totalling RM3,210.

Arjunaidi said 6,432 investigation papers have been opened involving 10,649 arrests for the years 2020 and 2021. Of the number, 92% of the cases have been charged in court.

Arjunaidi said under the online gambling category, a total of 2,106 investigation papers were opened and 5,792 arrests made while for the unlicensed public lottery category, 4,326 investigation papers were opened and 4,857 people were detained.

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