Personal data selling and renting syndicate busted, five suspects, including Pakistani mastermind, detained by police

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Personal data selling and renting syndicate busted, five suspects, including Pakistani mastermind, detained by police
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TOKYO (Reuters) - British fintech firm Wise has won approval for direct access to Japan's bank payment clearing network, becoming the first foreign financial company to do so, it said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Five men, including a Pakistani, were detained in connection with a syndicate, which stole personal data and sold it for profit.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said those detained were aged between 34 and 52."Three other individuals were agents and unlicensed debt collectors, who bought the stolen data," he told a press conference at the CCID headquarters here today ."We believe he entered Malaysia as a general worker 10 years ago.

Most of those who bought the data or rented access to the website were unlicensed money collectors, he said."We are tracking down those involved," he said.

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