A woman was arrested for impersonating Electricity of Cambodia (EDC) and stealing $7,000 from victims!!!

Phnom Penh News: On January 23, 2025, the department investigated and suppressed a fraud case in which an individual pretended to be Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) secretly accessed and transferred money from the victim's bank account in two separate cases, totaling approximately $6,500 and 2 million riel.

According to the Department of Anti-Technology Crime, with the coordination of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Prosecutor's Office, the department arrested 1 suspect, S.S.Phon, a female, Cambodian, residing in Kandal Province, who provided the location and means of her bank account for her accomplices to carry out the activities, which resulted in successful results.

Currently, the above suspect has been sent by the Case Development Department to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court's prosecution office for further proceedings.

The Department would like to remind citizens to be careful of unidentified individuals or groups pretending to be different institutions in order to deceive them into providing personal information, which leads to the management of bank accounts and transferring money without their knowledge. Please do not let others use or borrow your personal bank account to carry out activities and receive money from an unknown source and request to withdraw it in cash. This is a crime and is punishable by law.