Two women arrested as mule account holders, victims lost RM39,650

BALIK PULAU: The police have arrested two women who were believed to be mule account holders for two fraud syndicates, causing victims to lose RM39,650 in separate incidents recently.

Southwest OCPD Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said in the first case, the police arrested a 32-year-old woman on Wednesday (July 31) as a mule account holder for a fraud syndicate posing as a non-existent online house cleaning service in Bayan Lepas.

“The woman was arrested here by Southwest CCID after the police received a report from the complainant, who had downloaded the ‘Home Solution’ application through a link provided by the syndicate to obtain cleaning services.

“The victim entered personal details, including banking information, before realising that her mobile phone was functioning on its own.

He said in the second case, the police arrested a 51-year-old woman for being a mule account holder for a fraud syndicate involving an adoption scam via an online TikTok application that does not exist in Balik Pulau.

Based on the investigation, Supt Kamarul Rizal said the victim had made several transactions online to the bank account given by the syndicate, involving a total of RM9,000, before not getting the adopted child as promised.

The victim later made a police report regarding the incident after realising that she had become a victim of the syndicate’s fraud.

“The two women are now remanded to assist the investigation, and the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which is fraud,” he said, adding that the police are also actively tracking the fraud syndicate involved in the two cases. – Bernama