JOHOR BARU, Jan 27 — A restaurant owner incurred losses amounting to RM413,522 after allegedly falling sufferer to a scam involving a Bitcoin investment marketed on Fb.
Iskandar Puteri District Police Chief ACP Rahmat Ariffin stated the 56-year-old native man lodged a police report in Johor Bahru yesterday (Jan 26).
He stated that the sufferer registered by means of a hyperlink on Fb and contacted a person believed to be a neighborhood resident to make cost.
“The sufferer, in whole, paid RM413,522 to 9 totally different accounts from November final yr till January this yr.
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“Inside two months of creating the investment, the sufferer discovered that the revenue had elevated by US$ 1.5 million (RM7.1 million) by means of an software. Nonetheless, the person knowledgeable the sufferer that he wanted to pay RM176,575 for the withdrawal course of,” he stated in a press release immediately.
Nonetheless, he added that the sufferer felt deceived after being unable to withdraw the investment income and subsequently filed a police report.
Rahmat stated the case is being investigated underneath Part 420 of the Penal Code. — Bernama
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