IPOH, April 8 -- Perak police have busted a cryptocurrency scam call centre operating out of a homestay in Bagan Datuk that targeted European victims, particularly those from Italy.

Perak police chief Commissioner Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said police arrested 22 Chinese nationals during a raid at the premises at about 1am on April 7.

"Those arrested were 19 men and three women, aged between 22 and 40," he told a press conference at the state police headquarters here today.

Noor Hisam said police also seized 35 mobile phones, nine laptops and various networking equipment worth approximately RM95,000 during the raid.

Preliminary investigations by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department's social media analyst experts found that the ...