Fourth suspect arrested in KL for $5.4 million scam

·Editorial team

8 January 2019 at 8:02 pm

A fourth Malaysian man was arrested in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (7 January) for his involvement in a scam that cheated a woman of S$5.4 million in Singapore in November 2017.

According to the Singapore police, the suspect was brought back to the Republic and will be charged in court on Wednesday with the offence of dishonestly receiving stolen property. If convicted, he faces a five-year jail term and/or a fine.

The 39-year-old’s arrest came five days after the Singapore police, with the assistance of the Malaysian authorities, nabbed a 29-year-old Malaysian man in KL and brought him back to Singapore, too.

Three others charged with money laundering

Over the last year, two other Malaysians were arrested for their involvement in the same case. All three suspects have been charged for money laundering offences.

According to the police, the 58-year-old victim was tricked into believing that she had to surrender all her money to China authorities to assist in criminal investigations. She delivered her money to different strangers at various locations in Singapore over a one-week period. The suspects left Singapore soon after receiving the money.

Commercial Affairs Department director David Chew said, “The criminal networks behind these China officials impersonation scams are transnational and sophisticated. We will work closely with foreign law enforcement agencies, such as the Royal Malaysia Police, to deprive them of a safe place to operate or hide.”

Precautions when dealing with calls to surrender money

The police advise the public to take the following precautions when they receive unsolicited calls to surrender money in order to avoid criminal investigations:

Ignore such calls and the caller’s instructions.
No government agency will demand payment through an undocumented medium like a telephone call or other social messaging platforms (WeChat or Facebook). They will also not demand that you surrender cash to unnamed persons or ask you for personal banking information such as your internet banking passwords.
For foreigner residents receiving calls from persons claiming to be Police officers or government officials from your home country, please call your Embassy/High Commission to verify the claims of the caller.
Refrain from giving out personal information and bank details, whether on a website or to callers over the phone. Personal information and bank details such as internet bank account usernames and passwords, OTP codes from tokens, are useful to criminals. Do not make any funds transfer at the behest of such callers.
Call a trusted friend or talk to a relative before you act. Do not be pressured by the caller to act impulsively.
To seek scam related advice, you may call the anti-scam helpline at 1800-722-6688 or visit www.scamalert.sg

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