KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) deputy director (Investigation) Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa has been appointed acting CCID director, effective today.

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 17 Mac — Cryptocurrency investment fraud is the latest trend in commercial crime, with professionals and senior citizens increasingly falling victim to these scams, said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — An insurance agent lost approximately RM1.58 million after allegedly being deceived by an investment scam linked to gambling activities in Singapore last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf has disclosed that 35,368 scam cases were recorded last year, resulting in RM1.6 billion in financial losses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The police have opened 15 investigation papers into a fraudulent stock investment scheme, linked to losses amounting to RM638,205, allegedly masterminded by an individual with the title ‘Datuk’.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — 31 individuals claim to have fallen victim to a scam by a man with the ‘Datuk’ title, who offered business packages and sponsorship for performing Umrah, resulting in estimated losses of over RM300,000 since 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — As of February 7, police have received 141 reports of alleged Umrah fraud involving a travel agency, with losses exceeding RM3 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The police have received 58 reports regarding an alleged vending machine investment scam run by a company, resulting in total losses of RM6.7 million.

SHAH ALAM, Jan 27 — The state government is likely to carry out an internal probe and audit on all its agencies to find out if there were any other departments involved in the illegal transfer of land titles through the new e-Tanah system.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The police have detected a new tactic of scam and extortion using fake warning documents, complete with the national crest, the Malaysian Bar logo, and the name of the Inspector-General of Police.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has revealed that total losses from commercial crimes last year amounted to RM3.11 billion, with 41,701 investigation papers initiated.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has identified a TikTok account using the voice and video of a local medical expert without consent to promote health products.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Police have detained 361 individuals suspected of involvement in illegal money lending, or loan sharking, during a nationwide operation conducted over nine days from November 4 onwards.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — Caught in a dire predicament, a 30-year-old bank employee found herself not only manipulated into becoming an accomplice for a phone scam syndicate but also narrowly escaping police custody.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has revealed that TikTok is becoming the app of choice for criminal syndicates looking for victims to promote their investment scams, as it is fast being adopted by social media users.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — The police arrested 13 individuals, including a civil servant, on suspicion of being involved in land title transfer fraud activities.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — The police have dismantled an online fraud syndicate that used fake Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) to send fraudulent SMS messages, following the arrest of four men in the Klang Valley.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — An attempt by three men from Sierra Leone to sell counterfeit United States (US) dollars, believed to have been obtained through a social media platform, to local buyers failed after being busted by the police during a raid in the capital.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Five people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in a syndicate that hacked and stole 400 million personal data records of Malaysians before selling them on the Dark Web, said the police.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Educators continue to be targets of phone scam syndicates, with the latest incident involving a retired teacher who lost RM1.7 million after receiving a call from someone claiming to be an officer from the Malaysian Multimedia Communications Commission in August.