Malaysian cops nab 3 Nigerians

Malaysian cops nab 3 Nigerians

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian police have arrested three
Nigerians suspected of being members of an international
syndicate running a kickback scam which swindled several
businessmen, reports said yesterday.

The two men and a woman, said to be in their 30s, had entered
Malaysia on student visas. They were nabbed in Kuala Lumpur and
on Langkawi Island last week after complaints by their alleged
victims, the New Straits Times said.

The trio is accused of cheating a dozen businessmen, including
a Japanese, out of 5 million ringgit (US$1.7 million) after they
fell for the scam involving a nonexistent business in Saudi
Arabia.

The victims were promised kickbacks from a contract supposedly
worth $32.5 million in Saudi Arabia.