Woman, two men jailed for receiving Macau Scam funds

Woman, two men jailed for receiving Macau Scam funds

The three were sent to jail for between 20 and 44 months after pleading guilty to charges of concealing money related to the Macau Scam syndicate.

The three accused were jailed after failing to pay the fine imposed by the court. (Bloomberg pic)
SEREMBAN:
A woman and two men were fined between RM16,000 and RM34,000 by the magistrates’ court here, yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of concealing money related to a Macau Scam syndicate.

Magistrate Norzaliza Tesmin passed the sentence on Zulaikha Roslan, 22, Muhammad Anas Mohd Amir Nasharuddin, 21, and Muhammad Syafirul Haidezeman, 31.

Zulaikha was fined RM16,000 on two charges, Anas was fined RM34,000 on four charges, and Syafirul who faced three charges was fined RM24,000 on three charges.

The woman was accused of concealing RM60,000 that did not belong to her in two transactions (RM30,000 each) entered by a Mohammad Roslan Abd Manap into a bank account registered in the accused’s name at a bank in Nilai, here on July 7 and 8.

Anas was charged with the same offence involving RM30,000, RM50,000, RM9,500 and RM40,500, respectively, which , Roslan put into his personal account while , Syafirul was also charged with concealing RM20,000, RM50,000 and RM10,000 deposited by the same individual into his account at the same place between July 7 and 9.

For failing to pay the fines, they were all sentenced to jail.

Zulaikha was ordered to serve 20 months in jail while Syafirul received 32 months and Anas was to serve 44 months.

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