Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director (cyber crime and multimedia investigations) SAC Mohd Kamaruddin Md Din said police arrested 50 people involved in the scam after conducting six raids in the Iskandar Puteri district in Johor yesterday.

He said among those arrested were 27 men and 16 women believed to be Chinese nationals, The Star reported.

Kamaruddin said there were also five Taiwanese men, as well as a local man and woman.

“We believe the two locals managed the syndicate’s operations, including hiring drivers and renting houses for the members,” he said.

He said police had seized a luxury MPV, 46 mobile phones, 10 iPads, 21 laptop computers, five modems, six routers as well as travel documents and scripts for conducting the scam.

Police have classified the case as fraud under Section 420 of the Penal Code and those arrested have been remanded for four days to assist in investigations.