Man fined for having money belonging to others in account
Published on: Saturday, December 16, 2023
By: Crystal E Hermenegildus
Hazwan was charged with having RM1,500, RM3,500 and RM4,350, respectively on Oct 15, 16 and 17, last year at No. 5 & 6, Ground Floor of Lorong Lintas Plaza. He was charged under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance which provides for a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction.
Kota Kinabalu: A 27-year-old food delivery rider was fined a total of RM300 by the Magistrate Court, Friday, on three counts of fraudulently having RM9,350 deposited into his bank account.
Mohammad Hazwan Hisamuddin pleaded guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to having the money belonging to Rosmawati Sand in his bank account in which he failed to give a satisfactory explanation on how he obtained them.
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On each count, he was fined RM100 or a day’s jail.
Hazwan was charged with having RM1,500, RM3,500 and RM4,350, respectively on Oct 15, 16 and 17, last year at No. 5 & 6, Ground Floor of Lorong Lintas Plaza.
He was charged under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance which provides for a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction.
DPP Batrisyia Mohd Khusri informed the court that on Oct 15, Rosmawati received a WhatsApp message from a friend Umar, seeking help to purchase a phone for his nephew and transferred the money to him.
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The transaction occurred six times with funds being transferred to two accounts - Hong Leong Bank for Hazwan and Maybank for Lo Oi Fung, said Batrisyia.
On Oct 17, Rosmawati browsed Facebook and saw a post from a friend of the complainant, Rozman Umar Ismail, stating that there was an attempt by another party to use his picture and identity to ask for money from his friends.
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Subsequently, she lodged a police report, and the total loss suffered was RM16,400.
Batrisyia said Hazwan was arrested by the police on Sept 19.
Duty Counsel Lim Ming Zhoong @ Lawrence applied for a lenient fine as Hazwan is the sole breadwinner and was a first time offender. However, Batrisya applied for a deterrence sentence.
In another case, a 31-year-old woman was fined RM1,000 or a month’s jail for engaging in online gambling activities in public.
Siti Syarnilahmala Ibrahim admitted to committing the offence at the sidewalk next to HYC Car Accessories premises, Menggatal on Nov 18.
She was charged under Section 7(2) of the Common Gaming House Act which provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to six months’ jail, or both, on conviction.
According to Batrisyia, police during Op Dadu found Siti involved in online gambling.
Batrisyia said police inspected her handphone and discovered that it was used for topping up service.
The handphone was seized and Siti arrested. The seized money was ordered to be forfeited.
Duty Counsel, Carmen Khoo, requested for a lenient sentence as Siti is unemployed and had to pay rental of RM300 monthly.
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