KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM500 or spend ten days in jail here today for selling her own ATM card for RM200 and using it for fraudulent purposes.
Jawai Gindi, 32, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar.
She was charged with illegally having RM400 in a CIMB account at Jalan Satok at about 2.44pm on March 8, 2018.
Based on the facts of the case, a complainant had applied for a loan online, for a sum of RM5,000 with a repayment of RM87 per month for seven years from a money lending company and dealt with an agent named Shenovia.
On March 8, 2018, the complainant had deposited money amounting to RM400 into an account in the name of Jawai as instructed by the loan agent as a loan management processing fee.
Later, the complainant was asked again to make a payment of RM800 but did not do so because he felt cheated.
He then made a police report and investigation led to the arrest of Jawai.
It was found that Jawai, as the owner of the account, had sold her ATM card for RM200 and ended up using it for fraudulent activities.
The prosecution of the case was handled by Prosecuting Officer Inspector Merylene Lindan Andrew Mang while the accused was not represented by a lawyer.
