It was their final appeal against conviction and sentence by a sessions court handed down 10 years ago.
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Kamaludin Md Said said there was no merit in the appeal brought by lawyer Zainudin Maksom, 51.
The panel also rejected the appeals of G Narayen, 67, Siew Fui Kong, 64, and P Dharmendran, 48.
“We have gone through the appeal records and grounds of judgment (of the lower courts). They did not err in law and facts.
“The sentences imposed were also commensurate with the gravity of the offences,” said Kamaludin, who sat with Justices Hadhariah Syed Ismail and Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim.
The court went on to issue a warrant of committal against the four, who remained calm when the verdict was delivered.
All four were on bail pending the final outcome in the Court of Appeal.
The High Court had dismissed their initial appeal in 2017.
Zainudin and Narayen will serve concurrent 48-month jail terms for each of two criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges for which they were convicted.
Siew, who only appealed against the sentence, was given 36 months for each of four charges of cheating by dishonestly inducing delivery of the land.
He was also ordered to serve 30-month sentences for each of the four money laundering charges for which he was convicted.
The court ordered that the jail terms be served consecutively, meaning he will spend five-and-a-half years (66 months) in jail.
Before today, Siew had served a three-month jail term after he failed to pay a RM836,000 fine imposed in respect of his conviction for money laundering.
Dharmendran was sentenced to 24 months’ jail for each of three counts of assisting in the concealment of the stolen land.
He was also sentenced to 30 months’ jail for each for 39 counts of money laundering charges.
The trial court, however, ordered the two jail terms to run consecutively, meaning he will serve four-and-a-half years (54 months) behind bars.
Dharmendran has already served a six-month jail term after failing to pay a RM3.2 million penalty under the money laundering charges.
According to the facts of the case, Siew had cheated Wong Ban Ting of RM5 million.
Wong is a director of Syarikat Haveaplast Marketing Sdn Bhd, which owns three acres of industrial land in Subang Jaya.
The money was paid to Zainudin’s legal firm, which made payments to three individuals who had nothing to do with the land deal.
The trio went on to pay Dharmendran RM3.2 million and Siew RM836,000.
The trial court found that Zainudin and Narayen had committed CBT.
All the offences were committed in Petaling Jaya, Kelana Jaya, Kajang, and Kuala Lumpur between November 2008 and March 2009.
Deputy public prosecutors Atiqah Abdul Karim and Solehah Noratika Ismail appeared for the prosecution.
Lawyers Jaspal Singh and T Santhakumari represented Zainudin and Narayen. Ameerul Aizat Noor Aslan appeared for Siew, while Sheelan Arjunan acted for Dharmendran.