Civil servant duped of over RM700,000 by ‘court officer’


KUALA LUMPUR: A suspect who pretended to be a court officer duped a civil servant of RM711,626.

A member of the Macau scam syndicate contacted the 52-year-old victim claiming to be an official and claimed that the victim was involved in graft and money laundering activities.

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