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Story summary
- Johor police raided two scam hubs in Forest City, arresting 335 people and seizing one million ringgit.
- They seized 313 computers, 1,557 mobile phones, 17 laptops and 10 modems tied to cryptocurrency fraud.
- Arrests covered 309 Chinese, 19 Indonesian, three Malaysian and four Myanmar nationals, showing a transnational network.
- The $100 billion Forest City, built for 700,000 residents, now has under 1 % occupancy, prompting investor Jason Deng to regret his purchase.
