Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar said 21 foreign nationals and 10 locals, aged between 18 and 41, were arrested and electronic devices worth about RM160,000 seized.

In a raid in Ampang, the police took down a centre in a house believed to be used for receiving and exchanging money suspected to have been obtained from fraud that had been marked as active since the beginning of this year.

Shazeli said the syndicate involved was believed to be handling the receipt of money from abroad, including the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and India.

He said the transactions for receiving money were carried out through the Telegram platform, after which the money would be converted into cryptocurrency before being returned to the original owner.

He said another similar case in Petaling Jaya involved a centre believed to have been operating since December 2025.

This centre was busted in a raid on April 21. Those arrested acted as account managers to manage money transfers from first- to fourth-tier bank accounts involving nine local bank accounts, he said.

“It is believed that the money received and transferred was the result of fraudulent activities. On April 24, those arrested in this case were charged under Sections 417 and 120B of the Penal Code and fined RM5,000 each,” he said in a press conference at the Selangor narcotics and commercial crime investigation department here today.

Shazeli said two other centres involved in online fraud through gambling games and investments targeting Chinese citizens were busted in raids at residential premises in Ampang and Subang Jaya on April 20 and 24, respectively.