Four Malaysians to be charged in Singapore for suspected involvement in government impersonation scam

Police say they are seeing an increasing trend of Malaysians travelling to Singapore to assist scam syndicates. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: Four Malaysians are set to be charged on Jan 21 for their suspected involvement in three separate government official impersonation scam cases.

In the first case, a victim lost more than S$1.1 million (US$857,362) after being duped by scammers impersonating government officials who deceive people into transferring large sums of money, said the police in a statement on Jan 20.