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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five additional Immigration Department officers as its investigation expands into a sophisticated scheme involving the alleged hacking of MyIMMs to fraudulently issue temporary employment visit passes.
Malaysia's anti-corruption agency has detained 12 individuals suspected of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme to breach the MyIMMs immigration database and illegally issue temporary work permits, with investigators seizing nearly RM186,400 in cash and jewellery.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has dismantled a criminal network that infiltrated the country's immigration system to generate counterfeit work permits, signalling growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in government databases handling sensitive citizen data.
Authorities have dismantled a fraud syndicate that allegedly hacked the Malaysian Immigration System to illegally process work permits. Twelve suspects including four immigration department officers were detained following a joint MACC and Immigration Department investigation.