KUALA LUMPUR: A salesman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Tuesday (July 8) to fraud involving the sale and purchase of gloves totalling RM5.1mil, five years ago.
P. Dinesh, 36, together with the director of Aspen Broadway Sdn Bhd, who has been charged with the offence, was alleged to have deceived an individual into believing that 150,000 boxes of Hartalega brand COATS nitrile examination gloves were already in stock at Hartalega Sdn Bhd's warehouse.
On the belief that the gloves were already at the warehouse, the victim transferred RM5.1mil through a law firm into a bank account belonging to another law firm that Aspen Broadway had appointed as the company's lawyer.
The gloves were supposedly for sale and delivered by Aspen Broadway to another company, but they actually did not exist.
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The offence was allegedly committed at a condominium in Jalan Tun Ismail near here on Nov 9, 2020.
The charge was framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or whipping and a fine, if convicted.
Judge Azrul Darus allowed Dinesh bail of RM100,000 with one surety and also ordered him to surrender his passport to the court and to report to a nearby police station once a month. The court also set July 28 for mention.
On Feb 10, Aspen Broadway Sdn Bhd company director R. Gopinatan Pillai was charged with one count of fraud and seven counts of money laundering involving the sale and purchase of gloves. – Bernama
