Kota Kinabalu District police chief Assistant Commissioner M Chandra said the suspect, identified as Jonathan John Jipil believed to have committed the fraud from April until early September, before disappearing with the participants' money.
"So far, police have received 21 police reports on the matter in Kota Kinabalu and the others were done in a separate reports.
"Initial investigations showed the suspects used the social media, the press and online news to announce the extreme sports event," he said during a press conference just now.
Chandra said, after deceiving the victims, the suspect disappeared while the official website of the organization of the sport is no longer accessible.
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No sign of Mud Challenge organisers
KOTA KINABALU - A total of 12 police reports have been lodged against the organisers of the 10-kilometre Borneo Mud Challenge which failed to take place on Sunday.
A participant, who spoke on behalf of her team called "Team Burutak", said they paid RM704 as registration fee for a team of six on July 28. "We were supposed to collect our race pack at Terminal 1 on Sept 25 and Sept 26, but there was nobody there to hand us our race pack," she said.
She said the event was supposed to take place at the Putatan Municipal field yesterday (Sunday), but there was no sign of the organisers or the said race at the venue.
She claimed that their efforts in contacting the organisers failed and that even the BMC Facebook page had been deactivated.
A survey of the said venue at about 7am on Sunday showed it empty with no signs of activity.
Meanwhile, State Commercial Crime Investigation Department Chief Supt Md Razif Alang Mat Jaya, when contacted, did not elaborate except to say that investigations are being done to identify the owner of the bank account to which cash was deposited into.
He said they are still waiting for information from the bank concerned, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
"To date, we have received a total of 12 police reports related to the case," he said.
It was reported that the Borneo Mud Challenge (BMC), organised by Eco Extreme Borneo Sdn Bhd with cooperation of Team Karabaw Martial Arts and Fitness gym, will make its first appearance on Sunday (Sept 27) in Penampang.
Featuring a 10-kilometre race with 25 medium-to-high level obstacle courses, the BMC was reported to be the first obstacle challenge race of its kind to take place in the country with rewards for first, second and third fastest winners for the men and women open, as well as the group categories with RM15,000 worth of cash prizes awaiting the winners - DE (29/9/15)
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