A 27-year-old Malaysian man was arrested on Tuesday (March 24) for his alleged involvement in a case of government official impersonation scam. He is also the ninth Malaysian to be arrested for similar cases in March alone. In a statement on Tuesday, the police said they received a report from a 29-year-old male victim who got a call from an unknown person claiming to be from telco M1. The unknown person told him there was an issue with his existing contract. After the victim denied having any M1 account, the unknown person claimed that the victim's identity could have been misused. The call was then transferred to another person, who claimed to be an officer from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The «officer» informed the victim that he was under investigation for identity fraud and money laundering, and was required to prepare cash of $9,000 to be handed over to the authority for investigation. He was also warned that he would be arrested if he failed to comply. Out of fear, the victim handed over the money to the suspect in the vicinity of Ubi on March 21.  Read more