SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan police believe they have crippled an investment scam syndicate known as Geng Ah Chen following the arrest of six men, all Chinese nationals, here on Wednesday.
Acting on surveillance and investigation into illegal investment activities, the suspects, aged between 27 and 36, were arrested when a team from the Seremban district police's Commercial Crime Investigation Division raided a house in Seremban 2 here.
State police chief Datuk Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said that during the raid, police seized several items, including 14 mobile phones, a computer, a laptop, a printer and one WiFi router, as well as two note books and 13 sets of scripts.
"Investigation showed the syndicate has been operating since early March.
"It was operating in a gated residence, which serves as a hostel and a calling centre. The syndicate ran its activities using online messaging applications Pinduoduo and QQ," he said in a statement today.
Preliminary investigation, he said, showed members of the syndicate targeted Chinese nationals and would get their victims to invest in a fake gold savings scheme and medicine, which supposedly came from China.
He added that the suspects have been remanded for four days until this Sunday to facilitate an investigation into the case under Sections 420 and 120 (b) of the Penal Code.
"They will also be investigated under Section 6 (1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63," he said.