JSJK RM3.8 billion in transactions through 15 companies, suspected to be the result of fraudulent activities
Mac 3, 2024 17:56 MYT
Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersil Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf ketika sidang media pada Majlis Pelancaran Portal Semakmule 2.0, hari ini.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) detected money transfer transactions amounting to RM3.8 billion to 43 countries through 15 trading companies registered in Malaysia, which are suspected to be the result of fraudulent activities from 2021 to 2023.
JSJK director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said his party detected a trend of company registration and the opening of bank accounts in the company's name suspected of being used as mule accounts.
He said the tactic was preferred because it allowed financial transactions to be carried out more frequently and involving larger amounts.
"Apart from individual accounts, there are now also company mule accounts that pose a greater financial threat because transactions disguised as companies involve sums of money that can reach billions of ringgit.
"In combating this activity, JSJK looked at the need for the function of the Semakmule portal to be strengthened by adding another module that lists companies suspected of being involved in commercial criminal activities. Thus, Semakmule Portal 2.0 was born," he told reporters after launching Semakmule Portal 2.0 here today .
He said the function was to enable the public to know organizations involved in commercial crimes and subsequently avoid continuing dealings with the companies involved.
"A total of 107 companies have been listed in the Semakmule 2.0 Portal database and this number will continue to increase over time in line with the investigations carried out and new cases received every day. It is hoped that this portal will be used by the public to avoid becoming a victim of fraud, " he said.
In other developments, Ramli said from January to February last year, a total of 6,283 commercial crime cases were recorded involving a loss value of RM664,591,645.45.
He said compared to the same period last year, which recorded a total of 6,544 cases and a loss value of RM265,818,610.44, this year's cases have recorded a decrease of 4.2 percent but the loss value recorded a considerable increase of 150 percent.
