BALIK PULAU: Police here have arrested two women believed to be mule account holders for two syndicates which caused two victims to lose RM27,000.
Barat Daya district police chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said the two women aged 24 and 44 were arrested at the Bayan Lepas police station on Thursday (Nov 16) after they appeared to assist in the investigation into the fraud case.
He said that the initial investigation found that the 44-year-old woman was a mule account owner for a fraudulent syndicate involving a case of non-existent online investment transactions through the Telegram application, where the victim incurred losses totalling RM21,000.
Supt Kamarul then added that the second woman was linked to an online money loan fraud which caused another victim to lose RM6,000.
When contacted by Bernama on Saturday (Nov 18), he said that the two women were remanded and added that the cases are being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
In an unrelated development, Kamarul Rizal said that police impounded four motorcycles under Section 64 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, and issued 34 summonses for various offences, in the operations dubbed the ‘Ops Samseng Jalanan’, carried out in Bayan Lepas on Saturday morning. - Bernama
