KUALA LUMPUR: Police detained two suspects, a person and a lady, aged 56 and 57 to help the investigation in a banking doc fraud involving losses of more than RM600,000.
Kuala Lumpur Commercial CID chief ACP Mohd Mahidisham Ishak mentioned each suspects who have been the masterminds of the case have been picked up in Jalan Bukit Bintang at 12.20pm on Thursday (June 16).
He mentioned the arrest adopted a police report lodged by a financial consultant on June 10 who alleged he was deceived when coping with the 2 suspects to acquire ‘Standby Letter of Credit’ price USD250mil from a financial institution abroad to hold out worldwide enterprise in Korea.
“The sufferer made the money cost in phases on Feb 27 and March 2 amounting to RM629,000 to the male suspect as processing cost.
“On March 4, the sufferer acquired an e-mail from a 3rd social gathering which submitted the enterprise doc and he was suspicious of the doc as he had made the affirmation at an area financial institution and believed it was pretend,” he mentioned in a press release on Friday (June 17).
He mentioned each suspects have been remanded for 4 days till June 20 and have been being investigated beneath Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
Mohd Mahidisham additionally suggested the folks to examine with Bank Negara Customer Service Call Centre (BNMTELELINK) at 1300 88 5465. – Bernama
