Get Rich Scheme: Two Datuks among 14 people arrested

KUALA LUMPUR - Two Datuks now being detained are believed to be the masterminds of the get-rich-quick scam of a company known as the 'Highway Group', which is said to have collected about RM35 million from "investors".

They were among the 14 people arrested last Wednesday, comprising nine men and five women aged 28 to 58, said Bukit Aman Commercial CID director Datuk Seri Mortadza Nazarene.

He told a press conference at his office in Menara 238, here, today that they were picked up in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Melaka, Pahang, Kelantan and Penang.

He said six of them were arrested under the Crime Prevention Act 1959, while the remaining under Section 420 of the Penal Code for frauds.

Mortadza said, the police were still hunting several individuals suspected to be members of the syndicate to assist in the investigation.

Yesterday, an actor, Adlin Aman Ramlie, 44, denied at a press conference that he had any link with the company after he was called to give a statement at the Dang Wangi police station on the issue, last Wednesday.

Commenting on this, Mortadza said investigation was still underway.

Thus far, he said the police had received 175 reports from the scheme's victims and believed more had yet to lodge a report, adding that the police had traced several victims including those from Brunei.

"Information received revealed that some 500,000 had invested about RM35 million," he added.

-Bernama