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Over RM382 mln lost to love scams

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 7,548 Love Scam cases were recorded from 2018 to June this year involving losses of over RM382 million with approximately 7,200 individuals reported to be victims. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said of the number of victims, 82 per cent or 6,251 […]

Woman loses RM48,560 to non-existent loan scheme

SIBU: A female accountant became RM48,560 poorer when she was duped into applying for a RM20,000 loan via a non-existent scheme online on Wednesday (March 29). On the same day, Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said that his department received a report from the victim who claimed that she had been cheated by […]

Racket smuggling drugs in religious items smashed

KUALA LUMPUR: An international drug trafficking syndicate that smuggled drugs in religious items was busted after police arrested 12 men, including a Taiwanese national as well as a woman around the Klang Valley on Monday (March 8). Police checks revealed that the Taiwanese national, aged 30, was the mastermind of the syndicate that had been active […]

Illegals smuggling syndicate crippled

KUCHING: A syndicate known as “Geng Adi Tailo”, known for being active in smuggling illegal foreigners into Sarawak, was believed crippled by the General Operations Force (GOF). GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said his men scored the big hit during their operation dubbed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ held around 1pm at the parking lot […]

Game over for ‘Geng Wan’

PADAWAN: The police here have put an end to a motorcycle theft syndicate by the infamous “Geng Wan” with the arrest of a man believed to be its mastermind. Padawan district acting police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said a team of its Crime Investigation Division (CID) arrested the 35-year-old man at Kampung Bukit Berangan, […]

Motorcycle theft syndicate busted

MIRI: Three local men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in a string of motorcycle thefts in the district. A team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the suspects, between the ages of 33 and 34, at two separate locations in Kampung Lambir Jaya 1 during an operation that started from […]

Lecturer conned of RM325,000

MACAU SCAM KUANTAN: A lecturer here claims she lost RM325,000 to a Macau scam syndicate from August 2019 until February this year. Pahang CID Chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 41-year-old victim claimed she was contacted by a person impersonating as a Perlis court staff regarding a non-existing hit-and-run case. “When she denied […]

Online gambling ring crippled

KUCHING: Police busted an online gambling syndicate following raids on two online gambling call centres operating at two separate locations here on Wednesday (July 22) and apprehended nine individuals, including eight foreigners. State CID chief SAC Dennis Leong said the suspects aged between 20 and 36 were rounded up following raids at the Stampin Baru […]

Retiree latest scam victim

MIRI: A 60-year-old retiree lost her savings of RM36,000 to a Macau scam syndicate last Wednesday (July 8). Her ordeal began after she received a telephone call around 9.30am that morning, from a man claiming to be a health officer in Petaling Jaya, telling her that she had defrauded the department (Health Department in Petaling […]