Businessman faces 69 charges of fraud over government projects

SHAH ALAM: A businessman has been slapped with 69 charges in court for allegedly facilitating fraud in relation to government projects.

Datuk Adly Kamarudin, 47, faces a cumulative jail term of 483 years if found guilty of all charges.

The accused claimed trial to all 69 charges at the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Sept 1).

He is accused of directing eight of his employees to forge 69 documents related to various projects with the intent of cheating the Public Works Department.

He is accused of committing the offences in a bungalow at Bandar Baru Bangi from June 2019 to September last year.

It took more than an hour for all the charges to be read to him before judge Rozilah Salleh.

Adly was charged under Section 468 of the Penal Code which was read together with Section 109 of the same Act that provides for up to seven years’ jail and a fine for each of the 69 charges if found guilty.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) DPP Ahmad Akram Gharib offered bail at RM500,000 with one surety.

He also set additional conditions that the accused report once every month to the nearest MACC office and surrender his passport to the court.

Adly's counsel Md Yunus Shariff said his client needed his passport as he has many business dealings overseas.

He also asked for the bail to be settled on Thursday (Sept 2) morning.

Rozilah allowed bail and ruled that the accused would have to notify the court and the prosecution via e-mail seven days prior to leaving the country on business.