BALIK PULAU: Police detained two women, believed to have acted as account mules to a non-existent crypto investment syndicate, which resulted in RM459,972 losses recently.
The women, aged 22, were detained in Kota Damansara, Selangor on Tuesday after investigations found they had given their bank cards to other individuals to be used for crime.
Southwest district police chief Superintendent Kamarul Rizal Jenal said the victim, a 26-year-old eatery owner, had conducted several transactions into 10 separate bank accounts, including that of the women, totalling RM459,972.
"As such, we have detained them to assist in our investigations under Section 420 of the Penal Code," he said today.
Kamarul advised the people to be wary and not to easily fall for the tricks of such cheating syndicates through social media.
These include the online sales/purchase syndicate, non-existent loan, overseas job offer, Macau scam, Love scam and Parcel scam.
"We also urge the people to check the account numbers given to them first through https://ccid.rmp.gov.my/semakmule before conducting any monetary transactions.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, police detained a senior citizen to assist in a similar account mule syndicate case involving non-existent car sale through Facebook.
Kamarul said a 70-year-old woman was detained on Tuesday to assist in a probe into a cheating case amounting to RM29,160.
Besides that, police also detained another two women and a man, all aged between 24 and 40, for similar offences with losses amounting to RM12,539.