KUALA LUMPUR: A South African trader who cheated a local of US$35,000 (RM133,000) by duping him into believing that he could turn green paper into US dollar notes was sentenced to a total of 18 months’ jail and ordered to be whipped once.
Magistrate Aizatul Akmal Maharani sentenced Zulu Ben John, 28, to one year’s jail for inducing Low Whey Siong, 31, to hand over the money to him at a room in Villa Angsana Condominium in Sentul here at 12.30pm on May 27.
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