Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 03:55 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
The suspect, a lawyer by profession, was arrested in Kampung Dato’ Onn here by the Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department at 9.40am today. AFP pic
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JOHOR BARU, April 22 A 51-year-old man who claimed he was a legal representative of the Johor Royal Palace was arrested by the police today after he grifted more than RM185,000 from an advertising company in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The suspect, a lawyer by profession, was arrested in Kampung Dato’ Onn here by the Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) at 9.40am today.
Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021 04:24 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay points to mugshots of those arrested during Sunday’s raids. Picture by Ben Tan
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JOHOR BARU, March 9 A 15-year-old male teenager was among 18 people arrested for suspected involvement in a scam syndicate that specialised in impersonating family members or friends after the police raided two houses in Kempas and Setia Indah here two days ago.
It was learnt that the teenager is a school dropout and had just started working for the syndicate for less than a month before the authorities raided their premises.
Monday, 15 Feb 2021 03:57 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
According to the police, the victim sent the money in 64 transactions to 10 bank accounts from July to December last year. Shutterstock pic
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JOHOR BARU, Feb 15 A 78-year-old man here was cheated of RM3.81 million after he fell for a grant aid scam using the International Monetary Fund (IMF) name through social media.
According to the police, he sent the money in 64 transactions to 10 bank accounts from July to December last year.
Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the man believed he was cheated after he failed to secure the IMF aid grant as promised.
10 Feb 2021 / 22:24 H. (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 17, 2014 in Washington, DC shows bitcoin medals. AFP / KAREN BLEIER
JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 10: Police arrested 11 individuals, including two foreign women, believed to be involved in bitcoin investment fraud (money game), during a raid on an apartment in Taman Daya here yesterday.
Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department head, ACP Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the suspects, comprising nine local men and the two Indonesian women, all aged between 19 and 28, were nabbed between 5 pm and 7 pm.
He said police also seized five laptops, 54 mobile phones and a Wi-Fi modem.
He added that the modus operandi of the group, which had been active for the past three months, was to find victims via social media, befriend them and gain their trust.