Internet firms and directors fined RM20mil


KUALA LUMPUR: Two Internet companies and their directors were fined a total of RM20mil by the Ampang Sessions Court here for various charges in the issuing of electronic payments unrecognised by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), promoting pyramid scheme and involvement in money laundering since 2012.

Judge Suzana Hussin handed down the sentence on MFace International Sdn Bhd (Mface), MBI Marketing Sdn Bhd (MBI), Mface director Kau Fong Seng, 35, and MBI director Teow Wooi Huat, 52, after the two men and representatives from the two companies changed their plea to guilty.

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