The Johannesburg high court on Monday sentenced a VAT fraud syndicate to a cumulative 205 years behind bars for 391 counts ranging from fraud, forgery, uttering, corruption and money laundering.
BALIK PULAU: Police have arrested three men suspected of acting as mule account holders for fraud syndicates, which recently resulted in victims suffering losses totalling RM41,447.70.
BALIK PULAU: The police arrested a local man who is believed to be a mule account holder for a fraud syndicate, causing the victim to lose RM97,000, in an incident in Balik Pulau recently.
Police say scammers tricked sellers of luxury items into believing funds had been transferred into accounts through non-cashable cheques that later bounced.
BALIK PULAU: Police have arrested a man and a woman suspected of being mule account holders for syndicates which duped people by offering non-existing online part-time jobs, causing losses of RM66,901.