Sibu businessman falls prey to scam, loses more than RM300,000


SIBU: A businessman's hopes of earning big bucks ended with him losing RM324,201 in a fraudulent share market trading scam.

Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili said the Commercial Crime Investigation Department had received a report lodged by the 50-year old victim on Wednesday (May 24) saying that he had been cheated in a share investment scheme.

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