KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Police are not discounting the possibility of security guards in luxury condominiums around the Federal capital aiding call centre scam syndicates following the rise of these activities at such premises.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said 20 raids were conducted recently to detect the call centres, which were mostly operating behind the facade of luxury premises.
“How can a luxury condominium allow foreign individuals to go in and out of their premises freely? Even for us (locals), it is hard,” he told the press after attending the Kuala Lumpur Police Chief’s monthly assembly today.
Therefore, the police will check guards to track their involvement with syndicates, with Allaudeen advising luxury condominium management bodies to be vigilant of the call centres’ modus operandi.
“We are preparing to work with condominium management bodies, and the District Commercial Crimes Investigation Division (CCID) has been mobilised to eradicate these syndicates once and for all,” he said, adding that Kuala Lumpur should be safeguarded from becoming the syndicates’ main hub.
The CCID conducted 1,311 raids related to online crimes between January and September.
Of that number, 71 investigations have been initiated with the detention of 855 individuals related to call centre scams.
— Bernama
