KANGAR: In panic and for fear of being arrested for alleged involvement in money laundering, a civil servant lost almost half a million ringgit of her savings to a Macau scam syndicate.
Arau OCPD Supt Ahmad Mohsin Md Rodi said the 50-year-old woman made 10 payments totalling RM429,000 to the syndicate after being duped that she would be arrested and charged in court for money laundering.
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