Woman Charged For Fake Up As Insurance Agent and Cheating Client of RM720k
A woman from Melaka who manage to scam a victim by pretending to be an insurance agent since 7 years ago was charged today on 29 December. According to Bernama, the 48-year-old Loo Mei Lin was found guilty of cheating a victim which was amounted to a loss of RM719,902.98 by claiming herself as Allianz Insurance agent between November 2013 and July 2015. Where she manages to deceive a 54-year-old Teh Eet Meng by pretending to register for her 16 insurance policies in those 2 years which cause the victim to lose a total of RM626,402.98.
She also misappropriated a Citibank cheque belonging to the same victim amounting to RM93,500 and falsified a signature belonging to a Yap Soo Hui on an Allianz life insurance application form. Loo, who is a single mother of 3 and also a chairman of a construction company was charged on 4 counts for the offenses which she is in charge under Section 403 and Section 420 of the Penal Code for dishonest misappropriation of property and cheating. If found guilty, the first offense carries a maximum sentence of 10 years’ jail, whipping and a fine while the other carries a prison sentence for up to 2 years or a fine, or both. The fourth and last charge for forgery was made under Section 471/465 of the Penal Code, which carries a sentence of imprisonment for up to two years or a fine, or both, if convicted.
