The “Money Mule” woman was arrested for causing a loss of RM213,200

BALIK PULAU: Police arrested a woman suspected of being a “mule account” for a non-existent online job offer fraud syndicate that caused the victim to lose RM213,200 in an incident in Bayan Lepas recently.

South West District Police Chief Supt. Kamarul Rizal Jenal said the 28-year-old woman was arrested by a police team from the West District Commercial Crime Investigation Division here today following a report made by the victim.

“Investigation found that the victim had made several transactions online to different bank accounts with a total amount of RM213,200 and made a police report after realizing he had been cheated,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

He said the suspect is now being remanded to assist in the investigation under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which is fraud, and further investigations are still underway, including tracing the network of the fraud syndicate.

In other developments, Kamarul Rizal said the police arrested a 51-year-old woman after she surrendered at the Bayan Lepas Police Station here today to assist in the investigation into a fraud case.

He said based on the investigation of the fraud case, the victim was a 28-year-old female nursery assistant who lost RM7,000.

According to him, the suspect is now being remanded to assist in the investigation according to Section 420 of the Penal Code and the police are also tracking another suspect, a man in his 30s, for the same case.

— Agencies