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SHAH ALAM: Selangor Police have detected 69 cases involving losses of more than RM600,000 related to a company offering bogus vacation packages to the avant-garde.
The head of Selangor’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Asst Comm Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew, said that a total of 519 people have been victims of this scam in Selangor.
“In Ampang Jaya, seven police reports were filed implicating seven victims and RM 261,269 in losses.
“In Petaling Jaya, there were 10 reports involving 194 victims and 232,110 ringgit in losses, while in Kajang, four reports were filed involving 204 victims and RM 48,929 in losses,” it said in a statement on Monday (28 June September).
It said 30 police reports were filed in Sungai Buloh involving 63 victims and RM 26,193 in losses, while seven reports were filed in Gombak involving 26 victims and RM 15,430 in losses.
ACP Muhammad Yazid also said that three reports were filed in Subang Jaya involving three victims and 4,097 ringgit in losses, while two victims filed reports in Sepang involving 3,493 ringgit in losses.
Earlier Monday, Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Shafa’aton Abu Bakar said a union run by a husband and wife has been crippled for trying to trick the front-line into buying.
not- existing vacation packages.
Supt Shafa’aton said police 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 got in touch with 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 at the Sungai Buloh police headquarters on Monday.
He said the plaintiff later shared the package with her colleagues and 26 of them were cleaning reservations in the amount of RM7,778 for the company.
“The complainant filed a report when checks with the hotel showed that no reservations were made.
“A team from the Sungai Buloh Commercial 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.
He added that the man was the owner of the company while the woman was his wife and acted as a liaison 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 booking platform.
“Investigations revealed that actual packages were never offered,” he said, adding that four mobile phones and a laptop were confiscated and the couple were held in pre-trial detention until September 29 to assist in subsequent investigations.
She said the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
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