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A North Sumatra Police officer has been arrested over the alleged misappropriation of social assistance funds. Investigators say nearly half of a Rp 3.9 billion budget was lost to fraud involving fictitious beneficiaries and inflated procurement costs.
A 25-year-old part-time Grab driver is facing court charges for allegedly staging his own kidnapping and demanding RM30,000 ransom from his parents to settle mounting loan shark debts.
Malaysian authorities have broken up a criminal network that illegally accessed the immigration system to generate fraudulent work permits. The MACC and Immigration Department joint operation represents a significant enforcement victory against document fraud.
Johor courts charged 159 Chinese nationals with criminal conspiracy over an alleged cryptocurrency investment scam that emerged two weeks ago, highlighting Southeast Asia's growing vulnerability to transnational fraud rings.
A foreign national who filed a complaint against Malaysian police for extortion has become the subject of an investigation after Interpol discovered he is wanted in China over an alleged fraud case.
Kedah police have shut down an international love scam call centre operating in the state, arresting seven foreign suspects accused of targeting Japanese victims through fraudulent romantic schemes.
Kuantan authorities have dismantled a sophisticated international fraud ring, apprehending 16 suspects comprising 14 foreign nationals. The operation targeted victims across the United States through organised telephone scams.
Authorities in Ipoh have dismantled a cross-border romance fraud operation, arresting 12 Chinese nationals suspected of running sophisticated love scam call centres. The coordinated raids target networks preying on victims across the border.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has disclosed that the retirement fund KWAP was deliberately deceived into investing RM200 million in eFishery, despite having completed standard due diligence procedures beforehand.
Authorities in Kuantan have arrested a Datuk and his assistant on suspicion of forgery involving correspondence falsely bearing the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang's official coat of arms, raising fresh concerns about document fraud in corporate dealings.
A water utility employee in Seremban has been charged with defrauding two women of RM108,500 combined across separate court appearances, raising concerns about financial crimes targeting individuals by trusted service workers.
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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested three people in Kedah, including two company directors, over allegations of attempting to secure RM20 million in financing for paddy and rice purchases that authorities say never materialised.
Three individuals have been arrested in connection with an alleged RM20 million fraud involving the submission of forged documents to a financial institution to secure unauthorised loan funds.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested three individuals, including two rice and padi industry directors, on suspicion of submitting fabricated documentation to obtain approximately RM20 million in trade working capital financing.
A Chinese citizen has denied charges of defrauding a Kuala Lumpur gold dealer of RM37,054 by selling gold-coated mixed-metal jewellery as pure gold at the magistrate's court.
A self-exiled Chinese billionaire who fled to the US and positioned himself as a critic of Beijing has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding over 1,000 people worldwide of hundreds of millions of dollars through bogus investment schemes.
Authorities have arrested six people following a raid on a fraudulent perfume investment operation at KL Eco City. The bust represents growing police efforts to combat investment scams targeting Malaysian consumers.