Over RM866 million lost in commercial crime cases since January

Over RM866 million lost in commercial crime cases since January

This is an increase of 62.1% from RM534 million recorded during the same period last year.

Bukit Aman CCID director Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf says the number of commercial crime cases has gone down from the same period last year, although the value of losses has increased.
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 10,106 commercial crime cases involving losses of more than RM866 million were recorded from January to April 28 this year, says Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department (CCID) director Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.

He said this number was equivalent to an average of 85 cases a day.

“Compared with the same period last year which recorded a total of 10,931 cases and losses of more than RM534 million, the percentage of cases for this year saw a decrease of 8.2%.

“However, the value of losses saw an increase of 62.1%,” he said at a press conference today.

He said in terms of charges, a total of 4,880 investigation papers were brought to court during the same period, compared with 4,598 cases during the same period last year.

In a separate development, Ramli said there were still many who did not know about the Semakmule portal developed by CCID to enable the public to check the bank account numbers of individuals and companies reported to be involved in fraudulent activities.

“As of today, this portal has listed a total of 198,125 bank accounts owned by individuals and 315 bank accounts owned by companies. Of that number, 97,986 arrests have been made and some have been charged in court,” he said.

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