Two women nabbed for mule accounts causing victims to lose over RM1mil

BALIK PULAU: Police arrested two women believed to be mule accounts for a scam syndicate that caused victims to lose more than RM1mil.

Southwest OCPD Asst Comm Sazalee Adam said the two women were arrested separately in Perak on Monday (March 3), following public information and intelligence operations conducted.

The first suspect, a 55-year-old woman, was arrested in Kamunting after being suspected of being a mule account for a non-existent car sales scam syndicate on Facebook.

“Based on the investigation, the victim made an advance payment of RM16,164.30 to four different bank accounts, including the woman’s account, before realising the victim had been scammed and filed a police report,” he said when contacted on Tuesday (March 4).

The second suspect, aged 53, was arrested in Tronoh for being a mule account for a syndicate impersonating police officers and representatives of an e-commerce website.

ACP Sazalee said that in that case, the victim suffered a loss of RM1,004,911 after being forced to transfer money to an account supposedly belonging to an ‘auditor,’ but it was fake.

According to him, the two women are now remanded to assist in the investigation, and the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which pertains to fraud.- Bernama