Mounting police reports against an unnamed mastermind implicated in quota fraud exposed by Malaysiakini last year has prompted the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) to focus its investigation on the individual's deceptive migrant recruitment activities.

CCID director Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf Ramli confirmed police received four reports alleging the mastermind's involvement in shell companies used by the individual in recruiting migrants.

However, he said the owners of the companies implicated in a scheme to bring in migrant workers through fraudulent means are not under investigation.

Ramli confirmed the identity of the reported mastermind, but...