SINGAPORE – Two Malaysian men were arrested on March 21 for their suspected roles in scams involving the impersonation of government officials, bringing the total number of Malaysians arrested over such cases in March to eight.
One of them, a 30-year-old man, is expected to be charged on March 22 with assisting another to retain benefits from criminal conduct, while the other man, a 20-year-old, is slated to be charged on March 23 with the same offence.
This follows an increasing trend of Malaysian nationals travelling to Singapore to assist scam syndicates in collecting cash and valuables from scam victims, the police said in a statement on March 21.
They received a report on March 20 from a 62-year-old victim who had received calls from unknown individuals claiming to be from telco M1 and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The callers informed her that she had an overdue bill of $350 that could not be deducted from her bank account.
On WhatsApp, the victim was further told that there were purchases of Apple products made using her accounts, and these were delivered to an address in Bukit Batok.
