207.6 pct increase in losses involving commercial crime cases
KUALA LUMPUR: The total number of commercial crime cases, as of Feb 11 this year, recorded an increase of 34.3 per cent, at 4,741 cases involving a loss of RM558 million, compared with 3,530 cases with a loss value of RM181 million, reported in the same period last year. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department […]
1,306 scam cases involving RM49.3 mln losses this year
SIBU: A total of 1,306 scam cases involving losses amounting to RM49.3 million were recorded from January to July this year. The figures for same period last year were 1,161 cases with losses totalling RM24.7 million. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the number of cases showed an increase of 145 cases […]
Investment scams on the rise, losses reaching RM8.2 mln
KUCHING: The Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has recently recorded a significant increase in investment scam cases this year. Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the figure recorded from a period of Jan 1 to May 30, rose to 93 cases this year from 74 cases in 2022. Losses incurred during the […]
Over 100 lose RM1.15 million to scams since 2021
KUCHING: The district’s Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) recorded a total of 131 cases of loan scams since 2021. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, in a statement, said the figure was recorded from 2021 until Feb 22 this year (2023). The losses incurred amounted to RM1,157,541.32. The modus operandi of non-existent loan scams is that […]
Police receive reports of fake RM20 notes in Sibu
SIBU: The Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) here received 14 reports from wet market hawkers in Sibu Jaya claiming they were scammed with fake RM20 notes yesterday (Jan 30). Yesterday, a 30-second video went viral on social media that some hawkers were cheated by a customer with counterfeit RM20 notes. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli […]
Police busts syndicate purchasing and renting bank accounts, ATM cards for scams
SIBU: Police here have crippled a syndicate of purchasing and renting bank accounts and ATM cards to be used to run Macau scams and rackets involving non-existent loans and investments. District police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) had arrested two members of the ‘Jason group’ on Dec 14 following […]
Over 1,200 mule account owners arrested in Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has arrested a total of 1,221 individuals who acted as “account mules” by allowing their bank accounts to be used in cybercrimes. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri in a statement today, said the suspects were nabbed between January last year and September this year. […]
Kuching records fewer Macau scam cases this year
KUCHING: The district’s Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) has recorded fewer Macau scam cases from January to September this year compared to last year. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said CCID opened a total of 402 investigation papers involving various commercial crimes this year. “From the figure, a total of 69 cases are Macau scams […]
Bank clerk RM27k poorer, duped by promise of commissions in online job offer
SIBU: A bank clerk lost RM27,620 after being duped by an online job offer which promises a fake commission. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) had received a report from the victim in his 40s, on Aug 29. Initially, the victim received a message from an unknown number via […]
Going rough on unlicensed moneylenders
SIBU: The Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) of the Sibu District Police Headquarters (IPD) together with the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) have conducted an Integrated Ops (Ops Bersepadu) to prevent unlicensed money lending activities. Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement yesterday said that the operation involved six areas where the banners […]
