JOHOR BARU: Scam syndicates are taking advantage of the ­booming high-rise property market in the city to hide their operations. A police official said they seized dozens of mobile phones, routers, name lists and other items worth over RM100,000 from the scam centres. “Two of the apartments were used as centres to offer stock picks and other investments to wealthy people abroad. At press time, the Commercial Crime Investigation Department was still trying to determine if all the scam centres are linked to a single syndicate. “The documents provided by the suspects are fake and were not issued by our office,” said Comm Ab Rahaman.

Source: The Star January 28, 2026 23:53 UTC