KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — As many as 22,911 individuals were arrested last year on suspicion of being involved in various commercial crime offences involving RM2.11 billion in losses.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said during the same period, the police opened 40,350 investigation papers related to the cases.
Based on statistics, fraud recorded the highest number of cases at 36,030 with RM1.679 billion in losses, followed by criminal breach of trust (CBT) with 1,215 cases (RM380 million).
A total of 994 cases under the Moneylenders Act were recorded involving RM5.4 million in losses, 970 cases of counterfeit banknotes (RM385 million), 867 cases of cyber crimes (RM35.63 million), 138 cases of forgery (RM6.87 million), 47 cases of misappropriation of property (RM2.54 million), and 89 other types of cases (RM803 million).
“The CCID also focuses on prevention activities to provide information to the community related to the threat of commercial crime, as well as the latest modus operandi used so it can be used to avoid becoming a victim of fraud syndicates,” he said during a press conference today.
Ramli added that throughout last year, CCID implemented 7,228 prevention activities which included various activities like campaigns, exhibitions, talks, media collaboration, and so on.
— Bernama
