A Form 3 student from Melaka will be charged in court after scamming his biological mother out of RM25,000. The boy reportedly faked an arrest and told his mother he needed the money as bail but then used the money for his personal enjoyment, including going on a trip to Resorts World Genting with his friends.
According to Alor Gajah OCPD Superintendent Arshad Abu, the 15-year-old student had concocted a plan with his two friends, aged 29 and 17, to deceive his mother, who works as a clinic assistant. The plan was to trick the victim by telling her that the Seremban police had arrested her son on 27th November for a criminal offence. The 17-year-old told the victim that she had to pay RM25,000 to have her son released after she questioned him about her son’s sudden disappearance.
The victim, worried for her child, then withdrew the sum from her Tabung Haji account and paid the money to the 29-year-old suspect, who impersonated a police officer. The 15-year-old suspect “returned” home on 30th November after the victim passed over the money to the suspect. The 58-year-old realised she had been scammed after checking with the Seremban Police Department on 1st December, discovering no record of an arrest against her son.
After discovering her son’s deceit, the victim lodged a report with authorities on 2nd December. Police arrested the suspects after an investigation, but, unfortunately, news reports say the suspects had already spent the stolen RM25,000, including on a trip to Resorts World Genting. The suspects will be charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating, and, if found guilty, the three suspects face imprisonment for a minimum term of one year, a mandatory whipping and possibly a fine.
We can’t begin to fathom how the victim felt when she realised she was scammed by her own child. Nevertheless, we hope the suspects will be punished for their crimes.
Sources: Buletin TV3, The Star
