KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (Bernama) –A British investor along with 10 local students lodged an official complaint with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against a businessman with a Datuk title alleging they suffered losses of RM66 million through an investment scam.
MaPeR action group chairman Shah Abdul Malek said the complaint was lodged over an investment scam operating since 2018 through several ponzi companies, which he claimed had cheated hundreds of other victims with losses over RM300 million.
“Many victims have been deceived by agents of the businessman who impersonate employees of several banks offering retail investment schemes approved by the Securities Commission and guaranteed by insurance.
“Others have been cheated by several business men with Tan Sri titles linked to the board of directors and main shareholders of the companies,” he said in a media conference here today attended by 10 alleged victims.
Shah also thanked the MACC for their investigation as the businessman has been remanded since July and assets worth RM620 million seized, but voiced concerns over several companies related in the activity that were in winding up process.
Meanwhile, British investor Lee Rodger Meiklejohn said he became a victim after investing £10 million (RM60 million) through a broker in Edinburgh, Scotland between October 2010 and April 2011 who introduced him to the businessman, adding that he filed a police report on Nov 6, 2023.
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