JOHOR BARU: Five men comprising four Chinese nationals and a Taiwanese were fined after they pleaded guilty to carrying out an online investment scam.
Magistrate Nor Zihan Abdul Rahman fined the five including Sun Chang, 32, Chih Hsien-Lung, 41, Fang Peihang, 36, Lyu Yahui, 36 and Fang Peipei, 33, RM4,000 each.
All the accused were charged under Section 120B(2) of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, in connection with an alleged criminal conspiracy and their alleged common intention to commit the offence.
They were also charged under Section 417 of the Penal Code for cheating.
According to the charge sheet, the accused were nabbed at a premises in Country Garden in Danga Bay on Oct 19.
They were arrested by a police team from the commercial crimes department from the Johor Baru South district police headquarters.
Deputy public prosecutor Izdihiyah Zahirah Ahmad Ghazali prosecuted the case while the accused were unrepresented.
