A Malaysian man has been arrested in Taichung for allegedly collecting cash and bank cards from a 79-year-old woman after duping her in a fake prosecutor scam, police said on Sunday last week.
Officers from Liren Police Station saw the man and the woman exchanging a red envelope and a large brown envelope on Shenyang N. Road in Beitun District (北屯) on Wednesday and called for backup, the Taichung City Police Department's Second Precinct told an news briefing.
Earlier, the man had drawn officers' attention because he was wearing a hat and mask, and looking around nervously in a nearby lane, police said.
Photo courtesy of a member of the public via CNA
The woman told investigators she had received a phone call from someone claiming to be a district prosecutor, police said.
She said that the caller accused her of being involved in a money laundering case and threatened to detain her if she didn't hand over a "security deposit," along with her bank cards for "account monitoring.”
She subsequently gave the man NT$3,900 in cash and two bank cards holding a combined NT$720,592, police said
Officers arrested the man after confirming he was involved in the scam and seized the NT$3,900, two mobile phones, two bank cards, a forged promissory note from the "Taipei District Court" and a sealed brown envelope, police said.
The case is still under investigation as officers are working to identify others involved in the crime, police said.
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