Umrah package fraud: Nearly 400 police reports lodged
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Police have confirmed receiving 399 reports concerning alleged Umrah package frauds by a local company between January 1 and yesterday,...
Police investigate an average of 15 non-existent investment cases daily
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The police, Commercial Crime Investigation Department, investigated an average of 15 non-existent investment cases daily from January until October this...
Company director loses RM7mln in cryptocurrency investment scam
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A company director suffered losses amounting to RM7.1 million after falling victim to a cryptocurrency investment scam in July. Bukit...
RM1.7 bln losses, over 125,000 commercial crimes this year
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A total of 125,169 police reports received so far this year involved various commercial crimes, with RM1.7 billion in total...
Father, son charged over RM1.3 mln gold royalties fraud
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 25 — A father and son were charged in the Sessions Court today with 24 counts each of cheating the Sabah government...
MCMC blocks 3,150 social media scams in first 9 months of this year
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — A total of 3,150 social media posts containing elements of fraud and phishing were blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)...
Business consultant pleads not guilty to cheating charges involving Mitra funds
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — A business consultant pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to 15 counts of cheating involving over RM300,000 of...
Govt mulling anti-scam task force for BNM
PETALING JAYA, Sept 26 — The Communications and Digital Ministry is discussing with the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) to bring a cabinet memorandum on setting...
Two contractors charged again with similar cheating offence
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Two contractors pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of cheating a school’s board of governors...
Existing cybercrime laws need to be reviewed — IGP
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — The existing Malaysian laws related to cybercrime need to be reviewed by including the element of fraud through computer software and...
Government retiree loses more than RM180,000 to phone scam
IPOH, Aug 27 — A government retiree lost RM186,450 after being duped by a phone scam last Thursday (Aug 24), Taiping district police chief ACP Razlam Ab...
Govt OP BPT initiative to ensure paddy farmers, public protected
ALOR SETAR, Aug 23 — The implementation of the ‘Op Beras Putih Tempatan’ (Op BPT) by the government to combat irregularities in the sale of...