By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, April 16: A 19-year-old youth has been blacklisted from the banking system after a bank account registered under his name was linked to a scam.
The teen, who met Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen this morning with his parents, is now unable to open any bank account in Malaysia, a situation that has also cost him his job.
According to Chong, the incident dates back to 2024 when the youth, without his parents’ knowledge, lent his name to a friend to open an account with CIMB Bank.
The friend had promised RM400 a month for the use of the account, but no payment was ever received. After some time, the youth went to close the account, believing the matter had ended.
However, when he was recently required by his employer to open a bank account for salary payment, his applications at several banks were rejected.
He was later informed that in February 2024, the account had been used in a scam, with a police report lodged by a victim citing his name and account number.
Despite having closed the account, his name has since been blacklisted across the banking system, leaving him unable to open any account.
Chong said the case will be investigated in Penang, where the victim is based, and any prosecution would take place there. Until the matter is resolved, the youth’s name is expected to remain on the blacklist.
“I am helping to arrange for the investigation to be expedited and, if the Public Prosecutor decides to prosecute, to have the matter quickly resolved in the courts in Penang,” he said in a statement today.
He also cautioned the public, particularly youths, against allowing others to use their names to open or operate bank accounts.
“Whatever the promised payment, it is not worth it. Furthermore, such mule accounts are tools for scams, which make the account holder an accomplice,” he stressed. — DayakDaily
