JOHOR BARU: Police have smashed a syndicate involved in a Macau scam, which used its ill-gotten gains to purchase properties and invest in cryptocurrencies totalling more than RM336mil.
Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021
By: Stefyanie Myla Micheal
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Habibi showing an application that can be downloaded by the public to verify the bank accounts provided by the sellers.
Kota Kinabalu: Cyber crime cases in Kota Kinabalu increased significantly during the Movement Control Order (MCO) which came into force March 18, last year, said City Police Chief ACP Habibi Majinji.
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As of Dec 30, the Kota Kinabalu Commercial Crime Investigation Department opened a total of 346 investigation papers with losses of more than RM12 million involving cyber crime cases.
“Among the cyber crimes involved were online purchases, Macau Scam, parcel scam or love scam and non-existent loan scam.
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DECEMBER 28 According to the Malaysian Federal Commercial Investigation Department, the police had recorded 5,218 Macau Scam cases from January to October 2020 with Malaysians suffering losses amounting to RM256 million. Further, this year, some 4,865 Investigation Papers on the Macau Scam have been opened by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysian Police.
Macau Scam is a telecommunication fraud originating from syndicates in Taiwan and China where the perpetrators often using local and international telephone lines including Voice Over Internet Protocols, trick victims into transferring huge sums of money.
KUALA LUMPUR: Criminal activities linked to national borders including shootings, smuggling of migrants as well as Macau Scam fraud syndicates are amo.