Man involved in making scam calls seem like they're from S'pore nabbed in M'sia, handed over to police here
A 41-year-old man involved in making scam calls seem like they're from Singapore was arrested in Malaysia on June 28.
Malaysian Chong Wei Hao was subsequently handed over to Singapore police and was charged in court on July 1 for being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit cheating offences.
He is accused of committing the offence between March 30 and April 17, reported The Straits Times.
The police said the arrest was the result of extensive intelligence sharing and joint investigations between Singapore and Malaysian police, and disrupted a criminal syndicate operating Voice over Internet Protocol GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) gateway devices used to perpetrate scam calls here.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect is believed to be involved in operating an advanced cloud-based remote operating system that enabled the syndicate to link to GSM mobile phone networks across the jurisdictions.
This arrangement allowed the syndicate to operate remotely and route fraudulent calls through local mobile phone networks, leading victims in Singapore to believe that they were receiving calls from within the Republic.
If convicted, the offence of cheating carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years and a fine.
For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamshield.gov.sg or call the ScamShield Helpline at 1799.
Anyone with information on such scams may call the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
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