KOTA KINABALU: Police arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of involvement in 33 cases of online scam in Penampang yesterday.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din said a team from the state Commercial Crimes Investigation Department detained the man at 4pm.
He said police seized various debit and credit cards as well as bank account books from the man, who was from Lawas in Sarawak.
He said several mobile phone SIM cards were also seized from the man, believed to have cheated customers natiowide.
“His modus operandi is offering mobile phones for sale on ‘WeChat’ application, collecting payments from unsuspecting customers and then he will disappear.”
Ramli said the man had been remanded for six days and was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating and dishonestly promising delivery of goods.