False claims: College Director fined RM180,000
Published on: Tuesday, May 07, 2024
By: Cynthia D Baga
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the same Act carried a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
Kota Kinabalu: A Director of a private college was fined a total of RM180,000 for 15 counts of using fake documents to submit claims amounting to RM267,000.
Marsam Buhera pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Abu Bakar Manat, to all the 15 alternative charges offered to him on Monday.
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The court ordered Marsam to pay RM12,000 or four months’ jail for each count. He failed to pay the fines.
On the first to 15 charges, Marsam, who was also Managing Director of Infoteguh Sdn Bhd, which owned Kolej Eastern, had used the forged documents containing false invoices, list of the participants, participant attendance forms and participant allowance receipt forms.
Marsam used the documents in submitting the claim for the Kolej Eastern’s three programmes namely, computer network operation, office management and supervisor and office management.
The charges stated that the participants were not enough and the participants present never received allowance.
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The offence took place between January 2018 and August 2018 at the Unit Perancang Ekonomi Sabah, here.
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the same Act carried a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
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Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission Prosecuting Officer Dzulkarnain Rousan Hasbi appeared for the prosecution while counsel Farazwin Haxdy, representing Marsam.
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