Uniformed officer remanded for alleged abetment in false credit card claims totalling RM55,000
The four-day remand order until Aug 15 was issued by Magistrate Saiful Sayoti after allowing the MACC's application at the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Aug 12).
According to sources, the suspect, a man in his 20s, was detained at about 4pm yesterday when he appeared to give a statement at the state MACC office.
"Initial investigations found that the suspect conspired with a clerk of a tourism company based in the capital who was previously remanded on July 16.
Both suspects are believed to have committed the act from March 2023 to February 2024 by submitting company credit card payment claim documents containing false details of hotel bookings for supposedly official company business but actually for personal gain," he said.
Meanwhile, the state MACC director Awgkok Ahmad Taufik Putra Awg Ismail, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009. - Bernama
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