Two senior citizens suffered a combined loss of RM1.67 million in separate incidents, falling prey to scams related to cryptocurrency trading and a non-existent investment scheme.
Police have received 124 reports related to a cryptocurrency investment scam carried out on the Accerx exchanger platform, which amounted to a whopping RM90,364,463.08 in total losses within the span of only three months.
Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) telah menerima 124 laporan berkaitan penipuan pelaburan mata wang kripto dikenali sebagai ‘Accerx’ sejak November lalu dengan kerugian keseluruhan dicatatkan berjumlah RM90,364,463.08.
A housewife in her early 60s lost her savings of RM115,000 after being duped in a bitcoin investment scam on the Accerx platform that promised lucrative returns.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the RM200 million eFishery investment was a deliberate fraud, prompting lawsuits, fund recovery efforts and tighter controls to protect civil service pensions
