POLICE busted an online gambling ring with the arrest of five Indonesian men in a raid on a house in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah in Skudai on Wednesday.

Johor police chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said all those arrested, aged 21 to 29, and acted as credit top-up and withdrawal operators.

He said during the raid, based on public information and intelligence gathered over more than a month, police found that the gated house was used as an online gambling centre, operating around the clock.

Ayob said the syndicate, which is believed to have been operating since March, targeted local customers with a collection value of between RM3,000 and RM10,000 daily through three websites – www.gin557.com, www.gingin8.com and www.gin551.com.

“The syndicate’s profit is in millions of ringgit. All transactions are carried out via online banking through several accounts that have been identified. All of them are Malaysian bank accounts,” he told reporters at the Johor contingent police headquarters today.

He said all suspects are believed to have received salaries of between RM2,000 and RM3,000 a month, apart from a commission of between RM500 and RM800, based on monthly profits.

Police also seized three laptops, a tablet, 15 mobile phones, four wifi modems and house keys, he said.

“All the suspects are believed to have entered the country in 2019 through social visit passes. Their passports are held by the syndicate’s agents and the mastermind is being tracked down,” he said.

Ayob said the suspects are being remanded until Sunday under section 117 of the criminal procedure code and the case is being investigated under section 4(1)(g) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. – Bernama, December 10, 2021.