Ahmad Azwan Aboo Mansoor, 51, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge Hasbullah Adam.

On the first to seventh count, he was alleged to have disposed of RM815,863.06 in ill-gotten gains from his savings account at Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Taman Melawati branch here, between April 2016 and April 2018.

He also faces five charges of transferring RM3,020,299.98, allegedly proceeds from unlawful activities, from his bank account to an account at another bank (also his) and two others, one belonging to a man and the other belonging to a company, at the same place between June 11, 2016 and Dec 20, 2017.

On four other charges, Azwan was charged with receiving RM4,180,396.59 in ill-gotten gains, which was deposited into his savings accounts at the Taman Melawati branch of Bank Islam and Taman Setiawangsa branch of Malayan Banking Bhd here between Dec 10, 2016 and March 9, 2018.

All the charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, which provides imprisonment for up to 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the ill-gotten gains, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

Azwan was allowed bail of RM50,000 with one surety for all the charges and the court set April 22 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Rohaiza Zainal prosecuted, while Harjinder Singh represented Azwan.