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Police to crackdown on mule accounts

Published on 22 Oct 2018 4:50:28 PM

Police have set their sights on close to 40,000 bank account holders, said to be providing mule accounts for online scammers. Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director, Comm Datuk Seri Amar Singh, on Monday said at least RM800mil has flowed through these mule accounts.

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Police have set their sights on close to 40,000 bank account holders, said to be providing mule accounts for online scammers. Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director, Comm Datuk Seri Amar Singh, on Monday said at least RM800mil has flowed through these mule accounts.

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