Two African Scam syndicate members charged in Court
BERNAMA
06/10/2020 07:23 PM
SHAH ALAM, October 6 -- Two African Scam syndicate members were charged in the Magistrate’s Court, here, today, for criminal conspiracy to commit fraud in February.
The accused, Nigerian Ikejiofor John Maduka, 40, and Malaysian Mohd Sharulnizam Ramli, 30, however pleaded not guilty when the charge was read out to them before magistrate Sabreena Bakar@Bahari.
According to the charge, both had agreed with each other to encourage a 30-year-old man to register a business dubbed as Sumitomo Global and to open a bank account, in order to commit fraud against Engro Corporation Limited.
Maduka and Mohd Shahrulnizam are alleged to have committed the offence at a bank in Section 15, here, between Feb 4 and 21 this year.
Both men were charged under Section 120B(1) of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term not exceeding five years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor, Aliff Asraf Anuar Sharuddin appeared for the prosecution while the accused were represented by lawyers Muhammad Zufar Elias and Fazli Zakaria.
Mohd Shahrulnizam was allowed bail of RM6,000 while Maduka must present a valid travel document to be allowed bail.
The case is set for mention on Nov 11.
The syndicate, believed to have been in operation since March last year, turned local bank accounts into the ‘mule accounts’, whereby the account numbers would be sent to its headquarters in Nigeria.
-- BERNAMA
