According to a Police media release, a 17-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly scamming victims on an online platform.
It is believed that the scamming spree lasted for from 4th of October to 19 November, during this period the police received multiple reports of getting cheated by a Buyer on Carousell.
The 17-year-old would arrange a meet up with the victims to deal with Apple products, which has high resale value. The suspect would convince the victim to hand over the product and claim that he would transfer the funds later.
He claimed that he had schedule transfers on his internet banking account and the victims would receive the payments in a few hours.
It is believed that there are at least 5 victims and none of the victims received the ‘promised transfer’.
The Police were able to identify the young suspect and arrested him on the 20th of November 2019.
He was charged in court for cheating today.