A WOMAN and her lover tried to scam her daughter and son-in-law by pretending to be investment agents in a RM1.2mil fake investment scheme, reported Kosmo!.
The woman, 45, and her lover, 49, also attempted to lure VIPs into gambling, promising high commissions to each participant.
The son-in-law, who wanted to be known as John, 33, said he and his wife, Kristy, invested a total of RM500,000 in the scheme between June and Sept 2022, adding that his close family members invested over RM700,000.
“My mother-in-law convinced us to join the investment scheme. She told us that she invested in it for several months and that it was legitimate,” he said.
He said each of them were required to invest RM50,000 each and were told that they would receive a 10% interest.
John said he later found out that the two persons were not genuine investment agents.
Kristy expressed sadness that her own mother was willing to cheat them and other close family members.
“We usually hear about this kind of scam in the news. I never expected it could happen to us,” she said.
Regarding her mother’s relationship with her lover, she said she was unsure how long they had been together.
According to Kristy and John, they managed to receive RM200,000 at the start of the investment and another RM200,000 after threatening to lodge a police report against the suspect.
A police report was lodged at the Kuantan police headquarters in February while an investigation paper was opened under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
> A former electronics lecturer in Seremban left her academic job to pursue her passion of making halal mooncakes, reported Utusan Malaysia.
Syawaliza Abdul Kutty, 42, said she had started her own mini halal mooncake business at home.
According to her, she started to seriously consider making mooncakes in 2020 and learned everything about it online.
“Now, I can make 300 mooncakes in a day,” she said.
Due to her persistence, Syawaliza has attracted many customers, especially Malays.
“My aim is to enable the community to enjoy a traditional Chinese delicacy,” she added.
Syawaliza said the main ingredients in her mooncakes were the same, but she used a halal type of peanut oil.
“The orders usually peak during the mooncake festival period,” she said.
She expressed gratitude to her husband Noor Azahar Ismail, 43, for helping to promote her mooncake business.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
