Five Nigerian students have been detained in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur over their alleged internet fraud amounting to RM2.4 million (N125.2million).
The students who are said to be studying Information Technology in a leading private college in Kuala Lumpur, were arrested on June 30, 2015 at different areas in that country.
The police have also detained the two local women, aged 40 and 55, who are the owners of the accounts used by the syndicate.
The Commercial Crimes chief ACP Azmi Adam, said five laptops, 20 hand phones, ATM cards, SIM cards and documents believed to have been used to con their victims have been recovered.
According to The Vanguard, initial investigations revealed that the syndicate had conned several victims to a tune of RM2.4 million. Police have also found transactions involving up to RM1 million that were banked in from a neighboring country.
