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The Star
6 hours ago
- The Star
Food delivery rider gets year's jail, one stroke for mobile phone loan fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court on Friday (June 20) sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from Friday. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. Deputy public prosecutor Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children. – Bernama

Barnama
6 hours ago
- Barnama
Food Delivery Rider Gets Year's Jail, One Stroke For Mobile Phone Loan Fraud
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1.


The Sun
6 hours ago
- The Sun
Food delivery rider jailed for loan fraud, gets cane
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. DPP Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children.


The Sun
6 hours ago
- The Sun
Food delivery rider gets year's jail, one stroke for mobile phone loan fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. DPP Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children.


Free Malaysia Today
7 hours ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Delivery driver jailed for cheating bank into funding iPhone purchase
The Kuala Lumpur magistrates' court convicted Salman Abdullah of conspiring with a woman to deceive a bank officer into approving a loan for RM8,329. KUALA LUMPUR : A delivery driver has been sentenced to one year in prison by the magistrates' court for conspiring with an accomplice to defraud a bank into approving a micro loan to purchase a phone. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan also sentenced Salman Abdullah to one stroke of the rotan after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 420 of the Penal Code involving cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property. She also ordered that his jail sentence begin immediately. The offence took place on Feb 1 at the bank's Jalan Peel branch, where Salman conspired with a 32-year-old woman to deceive a bank officer into approving a loan for RM8,329 for the purchase of an iPhone 16 Pro. Salman admitted to submitting falsified identity card details and forged payslips as supporting documents. Earlier, lawyer Edwin Tomas from the National Legal Aid Foundation told the court that Salman was remorseful of his action. He said Salman is currently serving jail time for another offence in Kajang prison. Deputy public prosecutor Syafika Azwa Fikri urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence.