Kuala Lumpur: A 63-year-old woman, who fell in love with 'a general from the United States' in an internet scam, had given him over RM5 million purportedly for investment in assets for the past two years.City Commercial CID chief ACP Izany Abdul Ghany said she raised the money by selling her bungalow in Bangsar for RM3.5 million and a land for RM1.5 million.
Izany said she also borrowed money from friends and relatives to be remitted to the 'man' who was actually an internet syndicate.
"The police began tracking down the syndicate after the woman's daughter lodged a report in September last year.
"However, the victim was reluctant to cooperate as she still believes 'the general's love' for her is genuine," Izany told reporters here today.
He said the police rounded up 15 Nigerian men aged between 25 and 30 and a 50-year-old local woman, who is a lover of one of the men, in Kota Damansara, Subang Jaya and the capital on Monday and yesterday.
"The woman allegedly opened five accounts to bank in the money and remitted it to Nigeria with the last transaction of RM50,000 made on Monday morning," he said, adding that two companies had also been set up under her name.
Izany said the police squad headed by Insp Mohd Mahathir Abdullah Sapawi seized 11 bank account books, nine ATM cards, three modems, 14 laptops and 20 mobile phones.
