An insurance training consultant was charged in the Shah Alam Sessions Court today with 25 counts of money-laundering, involving RM1.8 million.
Zuriati Mohamed Yusoff, 47, a former director at Millionaire Synergy Sdn Bhd claimed trial after all the charges were read out to him before judge Yang Zaimey Yang Ghazali.
On the first charge, she was accused, in her capacity as a director of Millionaire Synergy Sdn Bhd, of receiving RM1,849,719.75, believed to be from ill-gotten gains, which was deposited in the company’s current account on May 21, 2018.
On the second to the fourth charge, she was alleged to have used between RM20,000 and RM90,000 in four cheques issued by the company as payment for herself and another individual.
For the remaining 20 charges, Zuriati was charged with transferring between RM10,000 and RM435,080 from the company’s account into the saving and current accounts belonging to herself, a company and 17 individuals.
All the offences, under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Unlawful Activities Act 2001, were allegedly committed at a branch office of a local bank in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya between May 21, 2018 and July 6, 2018.
Yang Zaimey set bail at RM30,000 with one surety for all charges.
She also allowed an application by deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Nuzul Azuar Zulkifli to transfer the case to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to be heard jointly with another case involving the accused on March 14.