KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — As many as 22,911 individuals were arrested last year on suspicion of being involved in various commercial crime offences involving RM2.11 billion in losses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — A total of 160,095 bank accounts and phone numbers related to scammers have been listed in the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department's (CCID) SemakMule System database.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — A man with information technology expertise has been arrested for hacking and selling data belonging to a government agency on the Dark Web.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Online financial fraud has become more prevalent across the globe as businesses adopt digital modes of payments and transactions.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The police have opened 25 investigation papers into fraud cases involving an Umrah-operating company, said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director (Investigation) Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The police has denied disseminating an advisory on social media regarding the existence of a ‘Sim Swap’ scam.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 22 — Two sexagenarians lost RM2.247 million to online investment frauds.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — A Malaysian who worked in Manila, the Philippines, was kidnapped on October 22 and later killed by a group of unidentified assailants who had demanded a RM330,000 ransom.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The police arrested three company directors on suspicion of being involved in the 'Giganation GIB' investment fraud syndicate.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The police have busted a cryptocurrency investment syndicate involving over RM50 million in losses, with the arrest of 40 individuals.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The police have opened a new investigation paper on the co-founder of a local airline after receiving 67 police reports concerning an investment scheme linked to the suspect.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — The four individuals arrested yesterday for an investigation into a money laundering case involving investment company i-Serve and low-cost airline MYAirline have been remanded for one to four days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A total of 125,169 police reports received so far this year involved various commercial crimes, with RM1.7 billion in total losses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Police are not discounting the possibility of security guards in luxury condominiums around the Federal capital aiding call centre scam syndicates following the rise of these activities at such premises.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — A total of 8,868 online or e-commerce scams incurring RM163 million in losses were reported between January and September this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Police have detained 1,160 individuals for suspected involvement in call centre scam syndicates for various scamming offences for the first nine months of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — The co-founder of a local airline, with the title 'Datuk', and his wife and son have been remanded for four days starting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — An online gambling and scam syndicate has been busted with the arrest of seven males, including a 14-year-old boy, at two condominium units in Salat Selatan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — Inter-agency cooperation has led to success in curbing online scams via phone calls and short message services (SMS).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) through the Commercial Crime Investigation Department has detected investment scams that claimed to be Islamic and Syariah-compliant advertised through social media platforms using pictures of famous individuals.