The offences were allegedly committed between 11 and 13 years ago, at UBS bank branches in Hong Kong and Singapore.

In the first charge, Musa was accused of ordering an individual, Richard Christopher Barnes, to open a bank account with UBS AG in Singapore on June 21, 2016.

An alternative charge stemming from the first charge alleged that the bank account opened by Barnes was meant to conceal illegal funds from Musa.

In the second to fifteenth charge, Musa was said to have received over US$37 million from various individuals and companies between June 2006 and March 2008.

The money was allegedly deposited into Barnes’ account, with the largest sum received being US$16.15 million.

In the sixteenth charge, Musa was accused of ordering Barnes to transfer all his assets and future inflows from Barnes’ account to his bank account in Switzerland. The offence was alleged committed on May 14, 2008.

If convicted under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, he faces a jail term of five to 15 years.

He claimed trial to all charges before Sessions Court judge Rozina Ayub today.

No bail was imposed as he already paid RM2 million in bail for his previous corruption charges.

Today’s charges bring the total number against him to 51.

He claimed trial to 35 corruption charges amounting to RM263 million in November last year.

These involved transactions linked to timber concessions in Sabah.