JOHOR BARU: A syndicate accused of luring victims in the United States with fake job offers has been dealt a combined RM56,700 in fines after 15 members pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here.
The group, comprising Malaysians and Chinese nationals, was charged yesterday with criminal conspiracy to commit cheating by offering bogus jobs online.
In the first courtroom, magistrate Nurzihan Abdul Rehman fined nine local men RM3,500 each, in default six months’ imprisonment, after they pleaded guilty to the charge.
The nine were Liew Ming Hui, 23; Chong Yong Xuan, 25; Gan Kai Lin, 20; Gan Wei Xiang, 23; Myles Tan Yi, 21; Eldrick Tan Chin Lim, 24; Tan Hong Wei, 23; Dennis Chong Wen Wei, 26; and Chuah Kian Wei, 21.
The section carries a maximum jail term of six months, a fine or both, upon conviction.
In a separate court, local man Yau Chin Lin, 33, and Chinese nationals Dong Ningning, 34; Chen Haihui, 40; Wang Mengnan, 34; Li Xing, 28; and Sun Qixin, 30, also pleaded guilty to a similar charge, which was read to them in Mandarin.
Magistrate Atifah Hazimah Wahab ordered each of them to pay a fine of RM4,200 in default six months’ jail.
