Pahang police chief Yahaya Othman said the 40-year-old woman received calls from several individuals posing as a policeman, a deputy public prosecutor, an insurance officer, and a Bank Negara Malaysia officer.

He said the callers claimed that she was involved in a money laundering case and had 23 bank accounts registered under her name, before instructing her to open a new bank account and apply for a loan.

“The victim was also told to deposit her savings, loan and proceeds from pawning her jewellery into the new account to delay the issuance of a warrant of arrest and prevent her assets from being frozen,” Bernama reported Yahaya as saying.

He said the woman made 11 cash transactions into several bank accounts totalling RM230,447 between June 24 and Sept 2, and lodged a report at the Maran police headquarters yesterday after realising that she had been cheated.

The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.