Fauzi Abdul Latiff, 30, was charged as the owner of MFL & Associates Enterprise, with submitting 14 names of supposed employees to a Socso employment service officer, Nursofieyana Zamri.

He was accused of carrying out the act with the intention of deceiving and misleading Socso.

Fauzi was charged with two counts of deception under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which is punishable with a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of up to five times the sum involved or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty.

The two offences were allegedly committed at the Employment Service Officer Unit, Socso, here, on March 23 and April 24, 2021.

Fauzi also faced two alternative charges of using a fake employees verification form for the hiring incentive under the Penjana Kerjaya programme, which he had reason to believe was false.

He was charged with committing the offence at the same place and date with using a forged document as genuine under Section 471 of the Penal Code, which is punishable with a maximum prison sentence of two years or a fine or both, if convicted.

Judge Azura Alwi allowed him bail of RM10,000 with one surety for all charges and also ordered him to surrender his passport to the court, as well as report to the Kuala Lumpur MACC office once a month.

Azura set Dec 1 for mention.