MUAR, July 25 — The public is urged to remain vigilant against fraudulent links circulated by scammers related to the one-off RM100 cash assistance under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) initiative, which are designed to collect personal information, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.

GEORGE TOWN, July 26 — The Finance Ministry (MOF) has urged the public to be cautious of fraudulent attempts linked to the one-off RM100 cash assistance under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara).

KUANTAN, July 18 — A man was fined RM6,000 by the Magistrate's Court today for knowingly submitting false information in an application for an identity card or MyKad.

BEIJING, July 6 — China, Myanmar, and Thailand have agreed to intensify cooperation to dismantle all telecom scam compounds and arrest all suspects in Myawaddy and other telecom fraud hubs, China's Ministry of Public Security announced today, reported Xinhua.

GEORGE TOWN, July 3 — A female stockbroker lost RM1.24 million to a phone scam syndicate that alleged she was under investigation for money laundering.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — A businessman was fined RM300,000 by the Sessions Court today after he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of cheating the Social Security Organisation (Socso), involving RM496,000 for non-existent training courses five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Liquidators trying to recover money from sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) have sued Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, alleging it enabled fraud that led to more than US$2.7 billion in financial losses over 10 years ago.

SINGAPORE, June 30 — Singapore’s new law, which enables the police to better protect individuals targeted by ongoing scams, will come into effect tomorrow (July 1), according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — The Magistrate's Court has sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone four months ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has alerted the public about a new investment scam involving a cloned version of the SC’s public register of licence holders and registered persons.

SHAH ALAM, May 29 — The Selangor branch of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) detained five men suspected of diesel fraud using subsidised fleet cards yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The High Court has acquitted and discharged Big Blue Premium Taxi Services founder Shamsubahrin Ismail of a charge of defrauding a businessman over a security contract at the Petronas KLCC Twin Towers six years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — Six men were fined between RM500 and RM2,000 each, in default one week to three months in jail, by the Magistrate's Court after pleading guilty to providing false information to the National Registration Department (JPA) to apply for birth registration.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Two students from a Singapore university pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to staging a fake kidnapping to trick one of their mothers into paying a RM2.9 million ransom.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded a port manager for allegedly deceiving a company's shareholders, resulting in a loss of approximately RM1 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to 10 charges of conducting unlicensed capital market activities and committing fraud involving an RM3.16 million bond investment scheme five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — The Royal Malaysia Police have advised members of the public who received an email allegedly from Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to file a report at their nearest police station.

LONDON, April 24 — SIM farm devices capable of holding multiple SIM cards enabling scammers to send thousands of scam text messages at once are to be banned under the United Kingdom (UK) government's plans to crack down on fraud.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Online fraud involving e-finance crimes, love scams, e-commerce, telecommunications, loans, and non-existent investments increased between 1.6 per cent and 19.8 per cent for the first quarter of this year, compared to the last quarter of last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has detected an online scam impersonating its officers, targeting the families of clients undergoing treatment and rehabilitation programmes.