worked for a transnational syndicate linked to government official impersonation scams
have been handed jail sentences for handling the ill-gotten gains.
After withdrawing more than $770,000 in scam benefits from ATMs, Chang Yang, 23, was sentenced to four years and four months’ jail on March 6.
Ivan Thong Yoong Khean, 27, who took out nearly $660,000, was ordered to spend four years behind bars.
Both men are Malaysians.
The scams involved multiple vulnerable and elderly victims, and the two offenders each pleaded guilty in February to one count of engaging in a conspiracy to handle the benefits of other unknown individuals’ criminal conduct involving more than $403,000 in total.
Each man had other charges that were considered during sentencing, including those relating to the remaining amounts.
The men had retained up to $600 each time they withdrew the ill-gotten gains.
