36 arrested in Taiwan-Malaysia fraud crackdown
TAIPEI - Thirty-six fraud suspects have been arrested in a joint crackdown in Taiwan and Malaysia over a $13 million (S$16.3 million) phone scam that targeted mainland Chinese credit card holders, Taiwan police said Wednesday.
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The suspects, including 10 Taiwanese, 24 Chinese and two Malaysians, posed as police and bank officials to obtain the financial information of thousands of people across China, said the Criminal Investigation Bureau.公仔箱論壇) @" u9 ]" w2 i
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Taiwan's fraud cases fell 26 per cent in 2010 from the previous year after it signed a crime-fighting agreement with China in 2009 amid improving ties, according to the latest figures in Taipei. |