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Woman loses RM3.9mil to scammers

SHAH ALAM: A retiree from Subang Jaya lost RM3.9 million after falling victim to a phone scam. Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the 70-year-old woman received a phone call from someone in November 2022 claiming to be an insurance officer, who said there had been an insurance claim using her name. “The complainant […]

Bank officer fined RM500 for fraud

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here on Monday fined a bank officer RM500 fine or in default two weeks in jail for illegally possessing RM30,000 in his personal account last February. Saiful, 26, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge under Section 37(1), Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958. According to the charge sheet, he […]

Woman fined RM500 for fraud

KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM500 or spend ten days in jail here today for selling her own ATM card for RM200 and using it for fraudulent purposes. Jawai Gindi, 32, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. She was charged with illegally having RM400 in a CIMB account at Jalan Satok at about 2.44pm […]

Indonesia deports Japanese fugitive accused of COVID relief fraud

JAKARTA: Indonesia today deported a fugitive accused of masterminding a lucrative scheme in his native Japan to defraud a government fund offering COVID-19 relief subsidies, officials said. Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, 47, appeared before reporters at an immigration office in the capital of Jakarta and was flown back to Tokyo on an early morning Japan Airlines flight […]

34 locals sought for CBT and fraud

KUCHING: Police here are looking for 34 individuals in connection with various commercial crime cases dating back to 2006. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah in a press conference, said they were 29 men and five women — all locals — aged between 26 and 52. “Of the figure, six were involved in criminal breach of […]

Don’t be fooled by online gold rush

By Siti Shafiah Ariffin KUALA LUMPUR: Gold jewellery have long been coveted by women across the globe as it is thought to enhance beauty and femininity, in addition to being considered an asset of investment. The Covid-19 pandemic did nothing to affect sales — if anything, purchasing trends for gold, especially online, have actually increased […]

Man pleads not guilty to fraud charges

SIBU: A 45-year-old man charged with non-existent car buying and selling fraud, pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Sept 28). The accused, Lee Ling Tong, from Kuching, was charged with 26 charges under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of not less than a year and […]

Fraudster plead not guilty to 21 charges

SIBU: A man who was allegedly involved in nine car buying-selling fraud via his Facebook account was charged at the Magistrate Court here on Monday (Sept 14). State Commercial Crime Investigation Department Chief, Supt Maria Rasid said the accused, 33, from Kuching, however, pleaded not guilty to 21 charges under Section 420 of the Penal […]

Datuk among three persons charged with fraud

KUCHING: Three people, including a Datuk, have claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to three counts of fraud involving RM2.5 million. Datuk Mohammad Kasim, 48, together with his wife and brother Ezanoni Hadjeli, 32, and Taha Kasim, 41, respectively, were charged yesterday for allegedly misleading a company into paying part of a government contract […]

Student transfers RM86,270 from mother’s account into bogus scheme

KUANTAN: Excited about joining a gold investment scheme, a student transferred RM86,270 from her mother’s bank account, not realising that she had been scammed by someone she only met on the social media. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 23-year-old victim claimed she met the male suspect on the […]