MACC nabs couple, company director over fraud involving RM8.4mil

MACC nabs couple, company director over fraud involving RM8.4mil

They are suspected of having submitted claims with false details to withdraw company funds in 2018.

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The three suspects were arrested between 3pm and 11pm yesterday while giving their statements at the MACC office in Johor.
PETALING JAYA:
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has remanded a married couple, as well as a company director, on suspicion of having submitted claims with false details to withdraw approximately RM8.4 million in company funds.

Bernama quoted a MACC source as confirming the four-day remand of two male suspects until Saturday, issued by magistrate Nabila Nizam at the Johor Bahru magistrates’ court this morning.

Another suspect was released on MACC bail.

The source said the three suspects – two men and one woman in their 30s to 60s – were arrested between 3pm and 11pm yesterday while giving their statements at the MACC office in Johor.

“All the suspects are believed to have committed the offences between April and October 2018.

“Early investigations found that the three suspects allegedly conspired to submit documents with false information to withdraw about RM8.4 million in company funds,” he said.

MACC senior director of investigations Zainul Darus confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 for providing false claims.

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