SIBU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined a 32-year-old Johorean RM500, in default seven days’ jail for unlawful possession of RM20,000.
Ruben Nair Veloo had pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing the money which unlawfully obtained at a house in Jalan Belatok around 7.20pm on June 13 last year.
The court heard that in May last year, the complainant aged 36 met a man through application called Partying and started to contact each other through WhatsApp.
The complainant was convinced to join an investment known as The Capital One and promised that the profit would be high.
The complainant had made seven transactions from June 10 to 17, 2021 into six different bank accounts amounting to RM118,000 before he realised he had been scammed.
Following police investigation, the financial banking institution had identified the accused to be the owner of a bank account into which the complainant had banked in RM20,000 on June 13, 2021.
The offence committed under Section 37(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance provides for an imprisonment of three months and a fine of RM500 upon conviction.
