The Taiwanese, representing 50 other investors, had lodged the report at the Dang Wangi police station in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening.
Chuah said the case was referred to Penang as JJPTR’s offices were located in the state and most of the dealings were from here.
“The case will be investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. But of course, this will be under the guidance of the federal police.
“Penang police will be doing the bulk of the investigations, together with the task force led by the attorney-general,” he said when contacted.
This latest report by the Taiwanese follows a string of reports on JJPTR’s founder, who was previously investigated for cheating by the Bukit Mertajam, Taiping and Klang police.
Johnson Lee was last remanded by Taiping police on May 23. His lawyer said Lee had to report to the Taiping district police headquarters on a “regular basis”.
Lee’s investment scheme is alleged to have cheated thousands of Malaysians of up to RM1.7 billion.
It gained widespread media attention last month after it claimed its funds had been siphoned off by “hackers”, although police said they had found no evidence of this.
On May 16, a Bukit Aman CID team arrested Lee and two associates in Klang.
The arrests followed a raid on eight JJPTR offices in Penang on May 12, by a team consisting of the police, Bank Negara, the Companies Commission of Malaysia, Inland Revenue Board, National Revenue Recovery Enforcement Team and Cyber Security Malaysia.
The trio were remanded until May 19 in Klang and released. They were re-arrested and transferred to Penang, where the initial police reports against them were made.
After Penang police failed to get a remand order against the trio, police re-arrested them and transferred them to Taiping, where another police report had been made.
JJPTR’s money game investment scheme was established in 2015 and promised returns as high as 20% a month to members.