Ex-court employee claims trial to money laundering
SHAH ALAM: A former Kuala Lumpur Court Complex employee pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court yesterday to five counts of money laundering amounting to RM363,668, between 2015 and 2016.
Shahnaz Khan Kamarzaman, 37, made the plea after the charges were read out to him before Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail.
On the first count, he was alleged to have transferred RM10,000 which were proceeds from unlawful activities from a Maybank account belonging to Tan Yi Zin into the account of a developer company, Triple Equity Sdn Bhd.
The transaction was for the purchase of a house in Bandar Saujana Putra, Jenjarom near here.
On the second and third counts Shahnaz Khan was charged with transferring RM35,500 and RM272,708.80 respectively from his account into Triple Equity’s account for the same purpose.
On the fourth count the accused allegedly transferred RM22,729.20 from his account into Triple Equity’s account while on the fifth count he was alleged to have transferred another RM22,730 to the same account from an account belonging to Mincly Maat also for the same purpose.
Shahnaz Khan was alleged to have committed the offences at the Public Bank Taman Sri Muda branch here between April 2015 and January 2016.
He was charged under Section 4(1) (b) and Section 4 (1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Unlawful Activities Act 2001 which provides for a jail term of up to 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the proceeds, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy public prosecutor Mohd Firdaus Abu Hanipah offered bail of RM50,000 and one surety on all counts.
Counsel representing the accused P. G Cyril however appealed for a lower bail as his client had paid RM35,000 bail after he was charged with 18 counts of criminal breach of trust in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Tuesday.
Mohd Sabri then set bail at RM20,000 with one surety and allowed the prosecution’s application for the case to be transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. - Bernama