Woman arrested impersonating concert organizer in Sabah

Woman arrested impersonating concert organizer in Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR: A local woman was arrested after being suspected of impersonating the organizer of a concert involving several big name local artists including from Indonesia.

According to Ampang Jaya District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Farouk Eshak, his side received a report from a 53-year-old male artist regarding the concert which is said to be held on November 4 in Sabah.

“The suspect has offered to sell tickets priced between RM199 to RM649 and the male artist involved has denied the offer or signed any contract to participate in the concert.

“Acting on intelligence, the police have arrested a 48-year-old woman who has two previous criminal records and one of which involved a fraud case.

“The woman involved was remanded for three days until Saturday for further investigation,” he said in a statement on Friday.

Mohamad Farouk also asked the public who had purchased concert tickets to come forward to file a police report to assist the investigation and to contact the Ampang Jaya IPD Commercial Crime Investigation Division office at 03-42952222.

The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code which is the offense of cheating.

source – Afiez Azaman

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