Yesterday (21 Dec), Bernama reported that a crime group from Sibu, Sarawak, known as ‘Kumpulan Jason (the Jason Group)’ were arrested by police for allegedly selling and renting out ATM cards to syndicates via local communities to be used in online fraud activities.
The arrests were carried out shortly after their leader, a 31-year-old local man, was caught by Sibu District Police Headquarters’ Commercial Crime Investigation Department on the day before (20 Dec).
Sibu District Police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili (pictured above) revealed that police had been gathering intelligence on the group as far back as June of this year, allowing them to locate the group’s leader.
This was preceded by another arrest of two other local males whom police suspected were mules tasked with buying ATM cards for the syndicate.
ACP Zulkipli Suhaili explained how the leader would recruit…