Raymond Sim, 35, pleaded not guilty to all the charges which were allegedly committed at the Socso branch offices in Petaling Jaya and Klang between March 9 and Nov 11, 2021.

He was charged with submitting documents containing false information in the employee verification form for the employee recruitment incentive programme under his company Minbot Sdn Bhd to three Socso officers.

The people whose names he had provided in his list of employees to Socso had never been employed by his company.

The charges were framed under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and punishable under Section 24(2) of the same law, which provides up to 20 years in prison and a minimum fine of RM10,000, if convicted.

Judge Rozilah Salleh allowed him to post bail at RM10,000 with one surety but ordered him to surrender his passport to the court and to report himself to the nearest MACC office once a month.

She also allowed a request by MACC prosecuting officer Alif Shaharuzaman Alif for the case to be transferred to the Kuala Lumpur sessions court for it to be heard together with a similar case that the accused is facing.

The court set Feb 28 for mention at the Kuala Lumpur sessions court.

On Jan 26, Sim, represented by lawyer Reuben Ong, pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur sessions court to seven counts of committing a similar offence involving incentive claims amounting to RM153,200.