Five more charged with pilfering millions from Maybank
KUALA LUMPUR: Five more people, including two brothers, have been charged with misappropriating money belonging to Maybank about three years ago.
A group of 24 were earlier charged with embezzling more than RM10mil from the bank during the same period.
Yesterday, the five were accused in the Sessions Court of misappropriating about RM11mil.
Despatch rider Noor Hazaini Yahya, 44, was charged with three counts of embezzling a total of RM6.5mil belonging to the bank, by depositing the amounts into his bank account.
He was also accused of receiving RM3.7mil which was proceeds from a money laundering activity into his Tabung Haji account.
His brother, Nor Yasmi, 45, was accused of misappropriating RM704,118 while three others, Muhammed Khairiz Khalid, 40, Hazrin Izuddin Jamaluddin, 44 and Awis Khorni Mohamad, 27, were accused of misusing RM3.3mil, RM396,480 and RM21,318 respectively.
The offences were allegedly committed at Menara Maybank on Jalan Tun Perak and at the Tabung Haji head office on Jalan Tun Razak between October 2014 and January 2015.
The five pleaded not guilty to the charges which were read to them before Judge Zaman Mohd Noor yesterday.
He fixed bail at RM8,000 in one surety each and set May 12 for mention.
DPPs Muhammad Ilmami Ahmad and Asmah Musa are prosecuting.
Speaking to reporters after the proceedings, Asmah said the case involved transactions made between 12am and 12.30am as Maybank was updating transactions between it and PayPal, a worldwide online payments system.
The 24, including the 13 from one family, claimed trial on Wednesday to charges of embezzling a total of RM10.2mil.
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/02/11/five-more-charged-with-pilfering-millions-from-maybank/#tOL3IzU752XpW3OY.99
