Bukit Aman: 10,106 commercial crime cases recorded as of April 28, with losses exceeding RM866 million

KUALA LUMPUR May 3 – A total of 10,106 commercial crime cases were recorded from January to April 28 this year, involving losses of more than RM866 million, says Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf from Bukit Aman.

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He said this number corresponds to an average of 85 cases per day.

“Compared to the same period last year, which recorded a total of 10,931 cases and a loss value of over RM534 million, the percentage of cases for this year recorded a decline of 8.2 per cent. However, the value of loss recorded an increase of 62.1 percent,” he said at a press conference today.

He said that in terms of indictment, a total of 4,880 investigative papers were charged to the court during the same period, compared to 4,598 cases in the same period last year.

In a separate development, Ramli said there are still many in the community who are unaware of the Semakmule portal developed by CCID to enable the public to check the bank account numbers of individuals and companies reported to be involved in fraudulent activities.

“As of today, this portal has listed a total of 198,125 bank accounts of individuals and 315 bank accounts of companies. Of that number, 97,986 arrests have been made and some have been charged in court,” he said.

He hopes that this portal can be fully utilized by the community and further become one of the effective mechanisms in the prevention of commercial crime. – Bernama