Scam victim duped into handing over $114,000 to M'sian man who's nabbed on his return to S'pore
A 42-year-old Malaysian man was arrested for his role in a scam involving the impersonation of a government official purportedly from the Singapore Police Force.
The police had received a report of the scam on Oct 5.
The victim was told that she had been implicated in a money laundering investigation.
She was instructed by the scammer to make cash withdrawals from her bank accounts for the purpose of investigation. She handed over cash amounting to $114,000 on four occasions to an unknown man.
Through extensive ground enquiries and follow-up investigations, officers from the Anti-Scam Command established the identity of the Malaysian and arrested him on Oct 30 when he re-entered Singapore.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the man is believed to be involved in other similar cases where he had been tasked by unknown people to collect cash from scam victims.
The money collected was then handed over to the said unknown people.
The man was to be charged in court on Nov 1 with the offence of assisting another to retain benefits from criminal conduct.
The offence carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years, a fine not exceeding $500,000 or both.
