SARATOK: A man was arrested by the police here on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a job scam case that caused a loss of RM29,651 to a victim in Penang.
District Police Chief, DSP Mathew Manggie, said the arrest was made by the Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) of Saratok Police Headquarters (IPD) under ‘Op Belatuk’ at around 2:20 pm.
Initial investigation revealed that the case was reported in Bayan Lepas, Penang, and is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
The victim, a 31-year-old human resource executive, was reportedly contacted in February by an individual claiming to be from the Human Resources Department of MYS Travel Sdn Bhd and was offered a part-time job.
She was later added to a Telegram group called ‘Agoda Booking Group-44’ and carried out several assigned “tasks”, which initially paid small commissions.
However, after completing additional tasks, the victim stopped receiving both her commission and the return of her initial payments, resulting in losses amounting to RM29,651.
Further investigation found that a bank account opened online under a local digital bank was used in the transaction.
The account holder admitted to owning the account but claimed to have shared his account details and login credentials with another individual.
Mathew said the suspect has since been released on police bail pending further investigation.
