10 Feb 2021 / 22:24 H. (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 17, 2014 in Washington, DC shows bitcoin medals. AFP / KAREN BLEIER
JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 10: Police arrested 11 individuals, including two foreign women, believed to be involved in bitcoin investment fraud (money game), during a raid on an apartment in Taman Daya here yesterday.
Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department head, ACP Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the suspects, comprising nine local men and the two Indonesian women, all aged between 19 and 28, were nabbed between 5 pm and 7 pm.
He said police also seized five laptops, 54 mobile phones and a Wi-Fi modem.
He added that the modus operandi of the group, which had been active for the past three months, was to find victims via social media, befriend them and gain their trust.