KUANTAN – Police arrested a pair of teenage lovebirds believed to have edited the slip of an online money transfer transaction, causing a gold trading cooperative to lose RM98,921.
Pahang Commercial CID chief Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the male suspect was arrested at 11.45pm at a house in Dungun, Terengganu, which in turn led to the arrest of a female suspect at her house in the same district.
The male suspect is 18 years old while his girlfriend is 19. Both are unemployed.
"The male suspect is believed to have edited the bank transaction slip by using a PDF programme before sending it to the cooperative agent managing the sale of the jewellery, allegedly as proof that he made payment.
"The female suspect is understood to have played the role of the recipient of the jewellery, which was sent using the services of a delivery company," he told reporters here today.
Wazir said the male is also suspected of using copies of MyKads belonging to several women, obtained from his father, an agent of an investment company, without the latter's knowledge, when dealing with the cooperative agent.
The suspect is believed to have committed the scam between October 30 to November 11 before his activities were detected by the cooperative treasurer while reviewing the bank account on November 16, when he noticed that no payment was credited.
Apart from Pahang, the suspect is also believed to have committed similar scams involving gold shops in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor and Jitra, Kedah.
"We also believe the male suspect once rented a car to go to Kuantan to pick up the jewellery from the cooperative agent, disguising himself as a woman wearing a headscarf and mask to hide his identity," he said.
The car rental receipt was among items seized at the male suspect's house in Kemaman, Terengganu, along with 13 jewellery purchase receipts, seven online money transfer transaction slips, a gold scale, a laptop and printer, four smartphones and RM1,150. – Bernama, November 22, 2020
