PUTRAJAYA, Nov 19 \u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) — A senior sales officer with a telecommunications company has been remanded for five days starting today to facilitate investigation into a corruption case involving a short messaging system (SMS) fraud syndicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, 18 individuals including two with \u2018Datuk\u2019 title have been remanded since Nov 10 after being suspected to be involved in the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The remand order until Nov 23 was issued by Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim here after allowing the application of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to an MACC source, the 37-year-old woman was arrested at MACC headquarters here at about 7.30 pm yesterday after giving her statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The remanded individuals were believed to have offered and accepted bribes to obtain personal information of pre-paid customers of the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The telephone numbers obtained were allegedly used by a content provider fraud syndicate to charge subscription via SMS without the knowledge and agreement of customers, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case is being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a former officer of a telecommunication company who was previously remanded was released on bail today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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