Senior loses RM158,000 to fake cop
OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 73-year-old victim claimed to have received a call from an insurance company, informing him that he had arrears.
ACP Abang Zainal Abidin said the call was then transferred to a 'police officer' from the Petaling Jaya police headquarters.
'The victim was told he was involved in a money laundering case involving more than RM2mil and that an arrest warrant had been issued.
'The 'officer' threatened and instructed him to make various transactions to several bank accounts, supposedly to assist in the probe,' he said in a statement.
The victim then made 12 transactions into 12 different bank accounts that were given to him.
'The victim finally realised that he had been cheated and lodged a police report on Sunday,' he said, adding that the case would be investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
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