KUCHING: A woman was placed on a one-year good behaviour bond for illegally possessing RM3,500 after her bank account was used for online fraudulent activities two years ago.
Hanani, 35, from Malim, Melaka pleaded guilty to two charges under Section 37(1) of the Petty Offences Ordinance 1958 at the Magistrates Court here today (Jan 11).
According to the charges, she received cash transactions amounting to RM2,000 on March 16, 2021, and RM1,500 on March 18, 2021, from a bank at Wisma Satok.
The court sentenced her to a one-year good behaviour bond with RM500 surety (without deposit) with her husband as surety.
Based on the facts of the case, a female victim met a man who claimed to be from the United Kingdom on the social media site Instagram.
The victim was told by her acquaintance that someone had sent her an item but was detained by the delivery agent who asked the victim to make several payments to release the item.
She then made two payment transactions to a CIMB bank account under the name of the accused Nor Hanani Aman for a total of RM3,500.
But unfortunately, the victim did not receive the goods sent by the acquaintance.
Realising that she was deceived, the victim lodged a police report for further action and investigation.
It is understood that the accused had handed over her ATM bank card to a male acquaintance who had identified himself as from the United Kingdom through Facebook.
