JOHOR BARU: A delivery driver and a technician have been fined a total of RM5,500 by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to letting their bank accounts be used as mule accounts for illegal transactions.
Saodah Bakar, 59, pleaded guilty to dishonestly helping scam victim Pon Si Ying in transferring RM7,200 into her own bank account at a house in Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai on Oct 21 last year.
The accused also pleaded guilty to dishonestly assisting another victim, Wong Huey Mee, to transfer RM5,400 into the same bank account at a house in Taman Putri, Kulai between Oct 21 and Oct 22.
Saodah was offered alternative charges framed under Section 424 of the Penal Code for dishonest concealment of property, which provides for a jail term of up to five years, or a fine, or both, upon conviction.
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On Friday (May 8), Sessions judge Mohd Zamir Suhaimee fined her RM1,500 for each charge, in default one month’s jail.
In a separate case, technician Mohd Azmeer Yussof, 43, also pleaded guilty to dishonestly assisting victim S. Parameswari in the transfer of RM7,000 into his company's bank account on Sept 19 last year.
According to the charge sheet, the bank account belonged to Azmeer and another individual who is still at large.
The offence was also framed under Section 424 of the Penal Code.
Azmeer asked for a lighter sentence, saying he has two children aged 12 and 14 to support. He also told the court that his mother suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
The court then fined him RM2,500, in default two months’ jail.
