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SHAH ALAM: Selangor police have detected 69 cases related to the company offering non-existent vacation packages to front-line people involving losses of more than RM600,000.
Head of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of Selangor
Asst Comm Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said that a total of 519 people had been victims of the scam in the state.
“In Ampang Jaya, seven police complaints were filed involving seven victims and RM 261,269 in losses.
“In Petaling Jaya, 10 complaints were filed involving 194 victims and RM 232,110 in losses, while in Kajang, four complaints were filed involving 204 victims and RM 48,929 in losses,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He said that in Sungai Buloh, 30 police complaints were filed involving 63 victims and 26,193 ringgit in losses, while in Gombak seven complaints were filed involving 26 victims and 15,430 ringgit in losses; in Subang Jaya, three reports were filed on three victims and losses of RM 4,097, while two victims reported in Sepang on losses of RM 3,493.
Earlier yesterday, it was reported that a union run by a husband and wife had been crippled by
trying to trick the frontline into buying vacation packages that don’t exist.
Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Shafa’aton Abu Bakar said they were alerted after a nurse was tricked into buying one of the “packages” on September 13.
“He saw a post on WhatsApp through a group with his colleagues about a vacation package to Port Dickson for between RM88 and RM499 and contacted the company.
“Then they offered him to be an agent of the company and a 10% commission if he recommended more clients,” he told reporters yesterday at the Sungai Buloh police headquarters.
She said the plaintiff then shared the information about the package with her colleagues and 26 of them made reservations in the amount of RM7,778 for the company.
“The complainant filed a report when checks with the hotel showed that no reservations had been made.
“A team from the Sungai Buloh Business Crime Investigation Department raided a family home in Ampang on September 24 and arrested a man and a woman aged 27 and 26,” he said, adding that the man was the owner of the company while the woman was his wife. and acted as a liaison contact with the “agents” and clients who made the reservations.
He said investigations revealed that the company was not registered with the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture and that none of the hotels or residences designated it as an agent.
“They would receive payment from customers and make reservations through an online travel reservation platform.
“Investigations revealed that actual packages were never offered,” he said, adding that four mobile phones and a laptop were seized and that they have held the couple until September 29 to assist in the investigations.
She said the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
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