Head of accounts who forged boss’ signature gets jail

Inside job: Teo being escorted by a police officer at the Sessions Court where he pleaded guilty to 123 counts of CBT.

KUALA LUMPUR: A former head of accounts who forged his boss’ signature in a criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM5.5mil was sentenced by a Sessions Court here to five years and six months in jail.

Teo Chee Peng, 53, was also slapped with a RM283,500 fine in default of 567 days in prison. He had earlier pleaded guilty to 123 counts of CBT on July 6 and yesterday was fixed for sentencing.