KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate where fraudsters pose as senior government officers claiming they can 'settle' cases under investigation by authorities has been busted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
The suspects with some of the items seized from them at the Sabah MACC office in Kota Kinabalu.
Sources said seven suspects, six men and a woman, posed as MACC and Home Ministry officials and cheated victims of hundreds of thousands of ringgit. According to the sources, Sabah MACC and the police carried out raids across the city here over the past few days and arrested seven locals aged between 20 and 30.
When contacted, Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy confirmed the arrests and said that the case was for now being investigated for bribery under Section 17 of the MACC Act 2009.
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