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Thai customs authorities have confiscated more than 23 million baht found concealed in cardboard boxes labelled as food products at the Mae Sai border crossing. A Myanmar driver was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle the undeclared currency out of Thailand.
A Pertubuhan Ikram Hulu Selangor member pleaded not guilty in Sessions Court to money laundering charges involving nearly RM18 million, with prosecutors outlining details of the alleged scheme.
A former officer of the Islamic Ikram Malaysia organization has been charged with laundering RM18 million through purchases of high-end vehicles and suspicious fund transfers to business accounts.
Authorities have dismantled a fraudulent perfume investment operation in Kuala Lumpur, arresting six individuals during a coordinated raid at KL Eco City. The investigation continues as police examine financial records and evidence.
A former information technology engineer in Besut has been convicted and fined RM18,000 after admitting to three counts of misusing other people's identity cards in connection with the Budi95 subsidy scheme.
Online fraud losses in Malaysia have nearly doubled, surging from RM1.57 billion in 2024 to RM2.97 billion in 2025. Non-existent investment schemes account for the largest share of losses, followed by telecommunications fraud.
A debt collector in Johor Baru has been handed a RM5,000 fine by the magistrate's court after confessing to helping an unlicensed moneylender conduct illicit lending activities.
A retired Melaka state official appeared in court facing seven fraud charges involving more than RM60,000 in misappropriated funds and deception of executive council members.
A Malaysian humanitarian organisation convened more than 100 defrauded investors to pressure police into accelerating investigations against 18 companies suspected of operating coordinated investment scams.
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The High Court has set August 13 for hearing arguments on a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission bid to prevent the widow of former Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin from managing approximately RM5.6 billion in offshore assets allegedly linked to corruption.
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A 1MDB trial judge has characterized former Prime Minister Najib Razak's reaction to receiving $681 million in deposits as inconsistent with how a reasonable person would respond, marking a significant moment in the long-running corruption case.
Malaysia's High Court has characterised the 1MDB scandal as a financial plunder of such extraordinary scale that it eclipses even notorious historical acts of state theft, positioning it among the world's most consequential kleptocracy cases.
Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has dismantled a major illegal forex investment network through coordinated raids across Bangkok and surrounding provinces, freezing dozens of accounts and seizing millions in assets amid links to political and entertainment figures.
Malaysia's online scam losses have nearly doubled to RM2.97 billion in 2025, with fraud cases surging 87 per cent to 66,204. The Inspector-General of Police warns of increasingly sophisticated cybercriminal tactics.
A Malaysian judge has delivered a withering assessment of the 1MDB financial scandal, declaring former Prime Minister Najib Razak's plunder so egregious it surpasses historical villainy. The full judgment comes months after his guilty verdict.
Romance scams represent one of the fastest-growing forms of online fraud globally, with losses exceeding US$2.8 million in a recent Interpol operation alone. AI technology is making these schemes increasingly sophisticated and difficult to detect.
In a scathing judicial assessment, the trial judge concluded that former Prime Minister Najib Razak demonstrated no contrition and consistently blamed others for his involvement in the 1MDB financial scandal, one of the world's largest corruption cases.