Cleaning agency director fined RM300K for cheating Socso agent


KUALA LUMPUR: A cleaning company director has been fined RM300,000 by the Sessions Court here for deceiving a Social Security Organisation (Socso) agent over the Hiring Incentive Programme, amounting to RM236,080, two years ago.

Judge Azura Alwi handed down the sentence on M. Karthikesan, 44, after he pleaded guilty to the five charges on Tuesday (May 30).

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