Two men, aged 24 and 47, will be charged in court on Friday (Dec 12) for their alleged involvement in a government official impersonation scam (GOIS).
In a statement on Dec 11, the police said they received a report involving the impersonation of an officer from the Singapore Police Force.
Modus operandi: Your personal information was misused
The female victim who filed the report was allegedly told over a video call, by a man dressed in police uniform, that she had purchased an insurance policy and that her personal information was misused.
The woman was also instructed to surrender her money and valuables for the purpose of investigations.
Convinced that she was under investigation, the woman handed over cash amounting to more than $7,000, and subsequently, gold worth over $53,000.
The police said that the cash and gold were handed to a different unknown person on each occasion.
They established the identities of the two individuals, a 47-year-old Malaysian man and a 24-year-old Singaporean man, through follow-up investigations and ground enquiries.
The 47-year-old suspect was arrested by officers from the Anti-Scam Command when he tried to leave Singapore on Dec 10.
