In the latest case discovered by police, a nurse was cheated of RM18,400 in a con business proposal.
Cheras police chief ACP Chong Kok Sin said the 50-year old victim made a report last Dec 12, following which the Cheras police commercial crime department swung into action and arrested 21 people, including 18 Nigerians.
The suspects arrested are aged between 25 and 30 and most of them are college students.
Revealing details of the case, Chong said the victim met a man through Facebook in June last year where the man offered the nurse an opportunity to invest in an oil drilling project in Miri, Sarawak by depositing her investment into two bank accounts.
"The victim banked in the cash in stages (seven transactions) into the accounts before realising that she had been cheated. The overall loss was estimated at about RM18,400," he said.
Chong said police obtained a breakthrough in June when they managed to trace the whereabouts of a local man who owned one of the accounts.
He was nabbed in Port Klang on June 6.
Investigators believe the suspect had allowed his bank account to be used by the syndicate for their con activities.
On Oct 20, police made another breakthrough when they nabbed the owner of the second bank account, a local female.
Investigations revealed that the account owner was married to a Nigerian national.
Police also nabbed the husband.
Both were suspected to be a part of the con syndicate.
"Following the couple's arrest, police raided a house in Taman Bukit Desa in Kepong on the same day.
"Two days later, police raided three more houses at Bandar Sri Damansara in Petaling Jaya.
"These raids saw 19 more suspects nabbed, including 17 Nigerian men and a Nigerian and a Thai woman," he said.
Police seized 35 SIM cards, 19 mobile phones, seven laptops, seven hard disks and four ATM cards.
"The items seized, especially hand phones and laptops will be sent to the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Forensic Unit to extract evidence which could facilitate the investigations," Chong added.
"We are waiting for feedback from the college, Immigration department and the embassy on their travel status," he said.
Police are still searching for another Nigerian who they believe to be the mastermind of the syndicate.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal code for cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. legs.
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