Consultant remanded over alleged RM4mil false claims


PUTRAJAYA: An account service provider from a business management consultancy firm has been remanded for allegedly submitting documents containing false particulars involving travel claims amounting to about RM4mil.

The suspect was remanded until April 4 following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (April 1).

Sources said the male suspect, in his 30s, was arrested at about 8pm on Tuesday (March 31) when he turned up to give his statement at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.

"Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect is believed to have committed the offences between 2023 and 2025.

"He is suspected of submitting documents containing false particulars involving claims such as travel and transportation; accounting fees; purchase of generators and diesel; credit card payments; entertainment expenses; expenditure on property, plant and equipment; petty cash claims; unidentified expenses; payments for landscaping works; as well as salary payments," the source said.

Meanwhile, MACC senior deputy director (operations control and coordination) of investigations Datuk Yuhafiz Mohd Salleh confirmed the arrest.

He said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

 

 

 

 

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