Company director charged with cheating pensioner over RM1.5mil contract

KUALA LUMPUR: A director of an engineering company pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here Friday (May 17) to a charge of cheating a pensioner over a supply project for Petronas involving RM1.5mil last year.

Yusmadi Yusof@Othman, 43, was charged with cheating Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil, 68, by deceiving the latter into believing that the project was profitable, while the accused knew that there was no approval letter from Petronas regarding the project.