MIRI: A 40-year-old former female staff of a household appliances company, who allegedly siphoned RM112,741.13 from her employer, was detained on Monday (November 15).
A police source said the woman was a sales representative for the company in Niah and that she was responsible for collecting payments from clients for 62 units of household products sold between August 29, 2020 and September 13 this year.
However, only RM3,000 were paid into the company’s account on August 29 last year while the remaining RM112,741.13 is still missing.
The company’s manager has lodged a police report on the matter.
Acting on the report lodged, a police team from the Miri Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) detained the suspect on Monday at 4pm to assist them in their investigations.
Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said that the case was being investigated for criminal breach of trust (CBT) under Section 408 of the Penal Code.
