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Six Foreign Nationals Handed RM9,000 Fines for Orchestrating Romance Scams Targeting Asian Expatriates

A Bukit Mertajam court has fined six foreign nationals RM9,000 each for operating online romance scams that preyed on their fellow countrymen across Asia.

By Sofea Idris · 18 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Cybercrime Now Accounts for a Third of All Crimes in Asian Nations, Interpol Warns

Cybercrime has emerged as a dominant threat across Asia, representing up to a third of all recorded criminal activity in some nations, driven by sophisticated scams, ransomware operations and AI-enabled fraud schemes.

By Sofea Idris · 18 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Six Foreign Nationals Handed RM9,000 Fines for Orchestrating Romance Scams Targeting Asian Expatriates

Cybercrime Now Accounts for a Third of All Crimes in Asian Nations, Interpol Warns

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