24 charged with embezzling RM10.2mil
Group includes 13 members of a family
It took about 90 minutes for two court interpreters to read out the charges to 24 people accused of misappropriating over RM10mil belonging to Maybank Islamic Berhad three years ago.
The group, including 13 from one family, claimed trial at the Sessions Court for dishonestly misappropriating RM10.2mil which they deposited into their Tabung Haji accounts between October 2014 and January 2015.
Eleven of them faced additional charges of money laundering involving RM2.5mil.
The accused were Baharudin Selamat, 61; Zulhilmi Mat Nayan@ Ahmad, 34; Shafii Ismail, 44; Mohd Azhar Baharom, 32; Hamsah Selamat, 59; Hairol Azali Mohd Yusof, 43; Nor Azuan Shafie, 41 and Nur Jamaaton Baharuddin, 27.
Others were Noraishah Nasarudin, 28; Nor Ashikin Nasarudin, 33; Noorasmahwati Nasarudin, 37; Salisa Essah, 38; Norsyahira Fazira Hamzah, 23; Norhayati Mohd Nor, 46; Nasarudin Ali, 62; Zulfieka Fareez Hamsah, 28; Alias Mohamad, 55 and Ahmad Shazni Mat Hassan, 34.
Also charged were Hasril Hassan, 43; Mohd Hezzam Arfadli Mat Hassan, 39; Mohamad Najib Khamis, 40; Hafiz Dahlan, 37; Mohd Azmi Md Ishak, 38, and Harun Mohd Yusof, 32.
They were charged with dishon- est misappropriation of property and an alternative charge of dishonestly receiving stolen property. The charges were read to them separately.
The eleven who also faced money laundering charges were Hafiz, Zulhilmi, Hairol Azali, Noraisyah, Mohd Hezzam, Nor Azuan, Shafii, Harun, Mohd Azmi, Ahmad Shazni and Nor Ashikin.
The accused were said to have committed the offences at various locations including Menara Maybank in Jalan Tun Perak and Tabung Haji in Jalan Tun Razak here, between October 2014 and January 2015.
Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah fixed RM8,000 bail in one surety for each of the accused and set May 3 for mention.