Selangor police chief, Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said a 54-year-old suspect was detained by a South Klang Commercial CID team in a raid at a condominium in Jalan Ipoh, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur at about 3pm yesterday.
He said the suspect who entered the country on a social visit pass was detained after police received information from a 51-year-old woman bank officer who was cheated of RM400,000 by the syndicate.
“The syndicate tricked the victim into joining a project of washing darkened US dollar and sterling pound with high returns.
“Initial investigations revealed several counterfeit US dollar and sterling pound bills that were darkened with substances to con unsuspecting victims at the unit,” he told reporters at the Selangor police contingent headquarters here today.
Mohd Shukri said the incident began when the victim got to know a man who claimed to be from Sweden through Facebook and they met up at a hotel in Mutiara Damansara where another man from Papua New Guinea was introduced to her about investing in a black money washing deal.
He said at the meeting, the woman was promised of high returns and she later handed over RM400,000 to the suspect before realising she had been cheated and proceeded to lodge a police report.
Following that, police raided a unit in a condominium in Jalan Ipoh and seized various equipment and machines used in the black money scam, 13 safes and RM30 million counterfeit bills.
He said the condominium was believed to be the centre of the black money syndicate. — Bernama
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