Has any particular type of white-collar/corporate crime significantly been on the rise in recent times?
AS: Computer crimes are on the rise. There’s an African syndicate that has set up a hub, actually, a bank here (in Malaysia). What they do is they will email to people outside Malaysia telling them that they can get a loan of maximum US$2,000 and to get it they are required to pay an advanced for the application fee for ‘processing‘ which is US$100 or US$100. Of course, they’ll see no sign of the loan once they pay the fee. Imagine how many millions of people in the world could get conned by them. Most of the people involved (in this syndicate) get student visas and they misuse their knowledge to set up websites for their operation. People from China and the US have called me to ask me to check on some of these companies. There was a case where a company wanted to buy scrap iron. They were told by the seller that they have to pay 50 percent in advance but once they pay they’ll never see the goods. The US blames us because most of these fake companies are based here. MD: Why do these sy
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