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International scam networks are impersonating the US Internal Revenue Service to deceive cryptocurrency holders into surrendering digital assets and personal information, using professionally crafted fake documents and websites.
Terengganu's anti-corruption agency has detained three people in connection with fraudulent wedding catering claims totalling RM51,000, including a former manager at a frozen food firm.
Authorities in Pahang have arrested a Datuk businessman and his assistant in connection with a fraud scheme involving a forged letter falsely bearing the coat of arms of the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang.
Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese billionaire and vocal Communist Party critic, has been sentenced to 30 years in a US federal prison after defrauding more than 1,000 people worldwide of hundreds of millions of dollars through bogus investment schemes.
Police in Vietnam's Ninh Binh province have broken up a transnational online fraud syndicate, arresting 12 suspects and recovering evidence worth millions. The gang targeted Vietnamese victims through elaborate impersonation schemes.
A former lawyer's prison sentence has been substantially increased by the High Court from two years to six years after he was convicted of misappropriating RM392,000 in land sale proceeds in what prosecutors described as a serious breach of professional trust.
Five suspects have been arrested by Perak police in connection with a scratch-and-win lottery scam that defrauded two elderly women of over RM77,000 in jewellery and cash across Ipoh and Taiping.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has identified nearly 1,640 companies suspected of fraudulent claims under the Perkeso Daya Kerjaya 2.0 employment programme, revealing a coordinated scheme that has cost the nation RM45 million in misappropriated public funds.
Beijing authorities have dismantled a large-scale health centre fraud targeting over 100 elderly residents, recovering evidence of US$1.5 million in losses. The scheme used soy sauce in bogus intestinal cleanses to convince victims they harboured dangerous toxins.
Pekan police have arrested four more individuals involved in selling and purchasing fraudulent medical certificates, escalating the investigation to nine total suspects.
A Malaysian court has convicted five Chinese nationals and one Taiwanese man of perpetrating romance scams online. Each defendant received a RM9,000 fine after pleading guilty to defrauding compatriots through sophisticated love fraud schemes.
Malaysia's anti-corruption agency has uncovered a coordinated fraud scheme where company owners, agents, and accountants exploited worker personal data to illegally claim approximately RM9 million in government employment incentive payments.