Two former employees of a public transport operator company were charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Thursday (Nov 28) with money laundering offences involving over RM550,000.
Mohd Hafiz Azizi, 39, facing nine charges of obtaining money from illegal activities, and Mohammad Shahrul Nizam Azman, 34, facing 15 charges of money laundering, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read before Judge Azrul Darus.
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Mohd Hafiz Azizi, 39, facing nine charges of obtaining money from illegal activities, and Mohammad Shahrul Nizam Azman, 34, facing 15 charges of money laundering, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read before Judge Azrul Darus.
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00:00Two former employees of a public transport operator company were charged in the KL Sessions
00:07Court on Thursday with money laundering offences involving over 550,000 ringgit.
00:1339-year-old Mohamed Hafiz Azizi and 34-year-old Mohamed Shahrul Nizam Azman pleaded not guilty
00:21after the charges were read before Judge Azrul Darus.
00:26Mohamed Hafiz, a former clerk at the company, was slapped with nine counts of obtaining
00:31565,359 ringgit in illegal proceeds through the bank accounts of his companies.
00:39The offences were allegedly committed between January 17, 2020 and July 7, 2023.
00:47Mohamed Shahrul, a former financial officer of the same company, was charged with eight
00:52counts of obtaining 580,916 ringgit in illegal proceeds through the bank accounts of his
01:00companies.
01:01The offences were allegedly committed between January 8, 2020 and July 7, 2023.
01:10Mohamed Shahrul was also slapped with seven counts of transferring 233,270 ringgit in
01:19illegal proceeds.
01:21The offences were allegedly committed between April 18, 2021 and August 8, 2023.
01:29All the charges were brought under Section 4, Subsection 1B of the Anti-Money Laundering,
01:36Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, 2001.
01:42The duo, who were fired from the company and now work as delivery men, face up to 15 years
01:47imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the illegal
01:52proceeds, or 5 million ringgit, whichever is higher upon conviction.
01:57The court granted bail of 30,000 ringgit, with one surety for each accused, with additional
02:03conditions requiring them to report to the nearest police station and surrender their passports.
02:09The next case mention was scheduled for January 10 next year.
02:17For more information visit www.fema.gov