Police have busted a syndicate allegedly setting up Alipay accounts to receive and transfer money linked to online gambling scams, with five Malaysians and eight Myanmar nationals arrested.
Perak Police Chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the syndicate allegedly offered RM500 to individuals willing to open Alipay accounts using their Malaysian passport details.
“Investigations found that the syndicate had allegedly managed to open 60 Alipay accounts using the personal details of local residents,” he said at the Hilir Perak District Police Headquarters today.
According to Mohd Alwi, preliminary investigations found that the syndicate acted as a payment gateway by opening Alipay accounts to receive and transfer proceeds from online gambling scams targeting Chinese nationals.
The syndicate allegedly earned two per cent from transactions made through the Alipay accounts, with estimated profits of around RM2,000 a day.
Police also seized mobile phones and SIM cards believed to have been used for facial verification during the Alipay account registration process.
Mohd Alwi said the syndicate had allegedly been operating since mid-July.
The case is being investigated under Section 424A and Section 120(b) of the Penal Code.
