Ex-bank employee and five others charged with pawning, selling fake gold at a bank
IPOH: A former bank employee and five others pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud involving the pawning and selling of fake gold at a bank here.
The charges were read at the magistrate's court here on Friday.
The former bank employee, Mohammad Tahassam, 62, was charged with four counts of cheating Agrobank of RM131,450 with the help of accomplices by pawning off fake gold items.
The offences were alleged to have been committed in Greentown here on Sept 11 two years ago.
In the four charges, Mohammad is accused of pawning off seven lockets and one ring with the help of Muzapar Azidin, 39, nine lockets and one ring with the help of Mohd Noor Yaakop, 65, eight lockets with the help of Burhan Alang, 41, and thirteen lockets and three rings with the help of Mohd Azrul Zakaria, 39.
Mohammad was charged with committing all four offences under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum 10-year jail term, whipping and fine upon conviction.
Registrar Puteri Nordina Kamalaudin set his bail at RM15,000.
Meanwhile, his accomplices were charged separately under Section 109 of the Penal Code for abetment, which was read together with Section 420 of the same code and their bail set at RM8,000 each.
The court set Oct 7 for the mention of the cases.
In a separate case, Muhammad and Abdul Wahab Yaakob, 70, were jointly charged for cheating a man by selling him seven fake gold lockets they had pawned at the same bank.
The victim, Voon Him Chean, 45, had handed over RM32,394.24 in cash to the two men for the lockets which he believed were made of gold.
Both accused were charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which was read together with Section 34 of the same code.
Abdul Wahab's bail was set at RM5,000 fixed Oct 8 for the mention.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Fadhli Ab Wahab prosecuted.
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