'Adoption' of scammer ends in RM1.6mil loss for Penang retiree


GEORGE TOWN: A private sector retiree here has lost RM1.6mil in an online investment scam to a suspect she adopted as her "younger brother".

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the Central Seberang Prai Commercial Crime Investigation Department received a complaint from a 57-year-old woman about the scam on Sunday (June 22).

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