PETALING JAYA: A retiree has lost RM2mil after being duped in an investment scam.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the victim, aged 61, had joined a purported cryptocurrency investment scheme in November 2024.
“The victim had interest in joining the Silegx crypto exchange investment scheme that she had seen on TikTok.
“She was then added to a WhatsApp group by an individual that went by the name Richard Ong,” he said.
A total of 20 transactions into 15 bank accounts were made under the pretext of investment purposes.
“The woman realised that she had been duped after she was told to make additional payments if she wanted to take her profits out of her account.
“The victim suffered losses of around RM2mil,” he said.
Comm Hussein urged the public to be alert to such offers, especially on social media, if they promised unrealistic returns.
Meanwhile, police have arrested a food vendor for possessing child and adult sexual materials during a joint operation with other enforcement agencies in Kuching.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sexual, Women and Children’s Division (D11) principal assistant director SAC Siti Kamsiah Hassan said the arrest of the 36-year-old man led to the discovery of various child and adult sexual abuse materials on his mobile phone on Sunday.
“During questioning, the man claimed he kept the materials for personal pleasure.
“Investigations also found that the sexual materials on the mobile phone did not involve local children,” she said in a statement yesterday, Bernama reported.
The case is being investigated under Section 10 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
PETALING JAYA: A retiree has lost RM2mil after being duped in an investment scam.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the victim, aged 61, had joined
a purported cryptocurrency investment scheme in November 2024.
“The victim had interest in joining the Silegx crypto exchange investment scheme that she had seen on TikTok.
“She was then added to a WhatsApp group by an individual that went by the name Richard Ong,” he said.
A total of 20 transactions into 15 bank accounts were made under the pretext of investment purposes.
“The woman realised that she had been duped after she was told to make additional payments if she wanted to take her profits out of her account.
“The victim suffered losses of around RM2mil,” he said.
Comm Hussein urged the public to be alert to such offers, especially on social media, if they promised unrealistic returns.
Meanwhile, police have arrested a food vendor for possessing child and adult sexual materials during a joint operation with
other enforcement agencies in Kuching.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sexual, Women and Children’s Division (D11) principal assistant director SAC Siti Kamsiah Hassan said the arrest of the 36-year-old man led to the discovery of various child and adult sexual abuse materials on his mobile phone on Sunday.
“During questioning, the man claimed he kept the materials for personal pleasure.
“Investigations also found that the sexual materials on the mobile phone did not involve local children,” she said in a statement yesterday, Bernama reported.
The case is being investigated under Section 10 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
