Bookkeeper loses more than RM320,000 of company funds to email scam

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SINGAPORE: A man linked to the fatal Orchard Road hotel brawl in 2023 was sentenced to more than a year’s jail after pleading guilty to several offences, including punching and kicking another man during the fight.

BATU PAHAT: A 41-year-old bookkeeper lost more than RM321,000 of her company’s funds after falling for an email scam.

“In the email, the victim was told to make a payment of US$94,555 for shipping container rental to a new bank account. After making the transfer, the victim got in touch with the other company’s representative to check whether they had received the payment and that was when she found out the email was a hoax.

“By then, the victim had also realised that the email address from the March 27 email was a fake one,” said Supt Shahrulanuar.However, the bank could only retrieve US$26,108.46 and send it back into the victim’s company bank account.

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