KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM1,300 for illegally possessing money amounting to RM1,300 in his personal account, which was used for Macau scam.
The accused Mohd Eswandy Hasan, 24, pleaded guilty to a charge before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi.
According to the charges, the accused illegally possessed a sum of RM1,300 in one transaction from a bank in Satok around 11.59 pm on July 29, 2022.
Therefore, he was charged under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958, which provides for a three-month jail term or a fine of RM500, if convicted.
Zubaidah also sentenced the accused to three months in prison if he failed to pay the fine.
According to the facts of the case, the complainant, a 21-year-old woman, was deceived by a phone call from a suspect posing as an Inland Revenue Board (IRB) tax operations officer.
The suspect informed the victim that she had opened a company and did not pay taxes, to which the victim denied opening the company.
However, the victim gave her banking information to the suspect but realised that there was a transaction withdrawn from his account into the accused’s account.
The victim then lodged a police report for further investigation.
Investigation found that the accused is the owner of the account and admitted to receiving a money transaction into his account.
ASP Rogayah Rosli prosecuted the case while the accused was not represented by a counsel.
