SHAH ALAM: Seven online gambling workers had the shock of their lives when the Selangor police busted their operations at a luxury condominium, here, yesterday evening.
Selangor police Anti-vice, Gambling and Secret Society Department chief Deputy Superintendent Zuhairee Mohamad Rashid said the raid, under 'Ops Calling Centre', was held at a luxury condominium in Persiaran Anggerik Vanilla, Kota Kemuning at 5.30pm.
"During the raid, the team found the seven suspects busy promoting online gambling games. None of them tried to run away.
"All the suspects, who are local men, aged in their 20s to 30s, were detained to assist the investigation.
"The police also seized various brands of gadgets comprising 28 units of mobile phones, four CPUs, six monitors, an Acer brand laptop, a TP-Link modem and a Huawei modem," he said in a statement today.
Zuhairee said the investigation found the condominium was being used as an operations centre to promote and conduct online gambling activities targeting local customers.
"The investigation found that the syndicate used the website 'www.Club66' for organising, managing and promoting online gambling activities such as Kissme, mega888, Rolex.
"The syndicate also used WhatsApp, Telegram and WeChat applications to promote online gambling.
"The transaction method is done online where there are several accounts suspected to be mule accounts used to place bets and transfer money to local customers," he said.
The premises had been in operation for a year and the locals were employed as gambling operators with a salary of between RM2,000 and RM2,500 a month.
"Investigation also found that the syndicate involved has about 1,000 customers with an estimated gambling transaction of between RM30,000 to RM40,000 a day," he said.
He said the investigation was still ongoing to track down other suspects and the case was being investigated per Section 4 (1)(a),(c) & (g) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 (Revised 1983).
