They are Firdaus Fauzi, 28, Ammar Roslan, 31, Danish Fauzi, 22, and Lajis Majid, 64.

Firdaus was charged with three counts of committing the offence by submitting documents containing false information, including two made under the name of FF Kudrat Enterprise, amounting to RM30,500 and RM26,400, respectively.

He was also charged with committing a similar offence by submitting a claim under the name of Perusahaan Hijrah Legacy Enterprise totalling RM36,900.

The offences were said to have been committed on Feb 26, May 17 and June 4, 2021.

Ammar was charged with committing a similar offence by submitting a claim on behalf of Perusahaan Ammarsaniah Enterprise amounting to RM48,700 on May 20, 2021, while Danish allegedly submitted a claim of RM36,400 on behalf of Perusahaan Dniez Enterprise on June 3, 2021.

Lajis was charged with submitting a claim of RM55,900 on behalf of the LBM Niaga Enterprise on May 8, 2021.

All the offences were alleged to have been committed at Wisma Perkeso, Melaka International Trade Centre in Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh.

The charges under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and punishable under Section 24 (2) of the same law provide for a jail sentence of up to 20 years and a fine not less than five times the amount of the said offences, if convicted.

Judge Elesabet Paya Wan allowed Firdaus bail of RM15,000 for the first and second charge and RM10,000 for the third charge, while bail for Ammar, Danish and Lajis was set at RM15,000, RM8,000 and RM20,000, respectively.

The judge also ordered them to surrender their passports and report themselves to the nearest MACC office once a month.

She set Feb 23 for mention of the cases.

Last year, MACC said they arrested 45 people in different states on suspicion of making false claims and misappropriating Penjana Kerjaya funds.

The suspects consist of business owners, directors, managers, shareholders, engineers and executives.