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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Andrew Penman

Brits arrested as alleged international fraud gang busted in Malaysia

A huge alleged global fraud syndicate has been smashed and its suspected British mastermind arrested.

Law enforcers say the gang operated out of Malaysia, placing adverts on Facebook targeting savers, mainly in Britain and Australia.

A total 70 people were arrested in raids on 24 call centres, offices and homes in the capital Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere. During the raid one suspect, a New Zealand national, jumped from the fourteenth floor and landed on the eleventh, breaking his hip.

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