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JASIN: Melaka police have detained 18 individuals, including three women, for alleged involvement in a criminal breach of trust (CBT) case of a scaffolding company which resulted in a loss of RM1.4 million.
Melaka Police chief Datuk Abdul Majid Mohd Ali said all the suspects, aged between 19 and 61, were arrested in simultaneous raids at two locations in Gebeng, Pahang, and Paka, Terengganu on May 19.
He said the raids were made following a police report lodged by the company based in Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur on May 18 after it suspected misappropriation by its staff entrusted with the scaffolding equipment at a project site in Sungai Udang here.
MELAKA: An 80-year-old retiree who applied for a loan so that he could celebrate Hari Raya with his grandchildren ended up losing RM14,000 of his life savings to a scammer.
The victim also has to endure the double blow of being unable to celebrate with his loved ones because of inter-district and interstate travel restrictions.
Melaka Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the victim was offered a personal loan with a low interest rate through a message on his mobile phone last month. The victim initially sought a loan of RM10,000 but instead was made to pay RM14,320 as processing fees for the nonexistent loan, he said on Monday (May 10).