Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department director Rusdi Isa said 1,303 people were nabbed under Op Mule from Sept 22-28.

Investigations were held for cheating, giving control of bank accounts to others, having control of another person’s accounts, and engaging in transactions without lawful purpose.

At a press conference here, Rusdi said 270 investigation papers led to court charges while 313 were still being probed further.

Separately, 790 owners of alleged mule accounts involved in e-commerce fraud linked to losses of over RM11.59 million were arrested under Op Merpati Khas from Sept 2-12.

Some 275 investigation papers led to court charges.

Rusdi said the cops also arrested 30 others on suspicion of directly being involved in operating an e-commerce scam call centre, which had operations across the country.

This syndicate is said to have caused losses of up to RM54 million from January to May.

Rusdi advised members of the public to check for possible mule bank accounts via the Semak Mule PDRM portal before making financial transactions, describing this as a simple step to prevent falling prey to scammers.