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KUALA LUMPUR: Two men were arrested in Perak in connection with an alleged cybercrime and money laundering, says Bukit Aman CID Director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed.
He said that a team of police personnel from the Interpol National Central Office (D12) and the Organized Crime Division (D14) of Bukit Aman CID, the department of the Bukit Aman Special Section and the Forensic Division of the Crime Investigation Department Commercials arrested the suspects around 8.45am on Monday (September 14).
“The suspects, a businessman in his 40s and a computer analyst in his 30s, were detained as wanted by US authorities.
“They were suspected of being involved in money laundering and cybercrime in that country,” he said in a statement on Thursday (September 17).
The United States had requested the extradition of the two suspects on September 3 and the Attorney General’s Office had agreed to comply with the request in accordance with the 1992 Extradition Act and the extradition treaty between the governments of the two countries, it added.
“On September 11, the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court issued a provisional arrest warrant for the two suspects.
“A period of preventive detention of 60 days was granted under article 16 (1) of the Extradition Act of 1992 and article 11 (4) of the Extradition Treaty.
“They have been sent to pretrial detention and put in Sungai Buloh Prison,” he said.
Comm Huzir said both suspects allegedly ran an illegal business selling game artifacts like Kit and Kredit.
“The forensic team has seized relevant evidence and documents at your company,” he added.
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