SIBU: The police have arrested 80 mule account holders for a fraud syndicate in the first three months of this year.
"We have arrested 80 people from January to March 25 this year. They had either rented out their bank accounts or had handed it over to the fraud syndicates," Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili said after officiating the 217th Police Day celebrations here on Monday (March 25).
He added that all of them were Malaysians and had been charged in the Sibu courts.
ACP Zulipli advised the public to refrain from being mule account holders for fraud syndicates.
"We should not hand over our accounts and ATM cards to others as this is an offence, especially when our account will be used for money-laundering activities and scams," he advised.
