Charged with making RM20m fake claims
> Former company director, ex-technician claim trial to three counts of fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: A former company director and a former technical assistant were charged in the sessions court yesterday with making claims with fraudulent details amounting to more than RM20 million.
Yong Mee Lan, 54, a former director with Syarikat Acetimur Drilling and Ahmad Ashraaf Kamarul Zaman ( pix), 29, a former technical assistant with Petronas Carigali, claimed trial after the three charges against them were read before judge Madihah Harullah.
According to the first charge, the duo were accused of knowingly making a claim for RM6,649,878.11 in April 2015, which contained fraudulent information through the SAP system.
The claim was made for “Operation Day Rate” for work which was done from Jan 23, 2015 to Feb 6, 2015. They had already made a claim on March 5, 2015 for the work for RM7,256,129.36,
On the second charge, they were accused of knowingly making a claim for RM7,228,577.38 which contained fraudulent information through the SAP system on April 20, 2015 for “Operation Day Rate” for work done from Feb 7, 2015 to Feb 21 of the same year. They had already made a claim on April 6, 2015 for the work for a sum of RM7,244,905.75.
On the third charge, they were accused of knowingly making a claim for RM6,089,360.40 which contained fraudulent information through the SAP system on March 24, 2015 for “Operation Day Rate” for work which was done from Feb 2, 2015 to March 13 2015.
They had already made a claim for the said work period in four separate claims – RM7,535,132.64 for work done from Jan 23, 2015 to Feb 6, 2015; RM7,346,946.67 for work done from Feb 7, 2015 to Feb 21, 2015; RM7,421,467.50 for work done from Feb 22, 2015 to March 8, 2015 and RM7,376,703.77 for work done from March 9, 2015 to March 23, 2015.
All the claims were made to an agent, Saiful Adli Ismail, who was also a project leader with Petronas Carigali, who alleged the duplicate claims were confusing.
They were charged under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, which is punishable under Section 24 of the same code.
They face a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount.