Kota Kinabalu: A 30-year-old man was fined a total of RM500 by the Magistrate’s Court, here, on five charges involving RM7,000 credited into his bank account, which was believed to have been fraudulently obtained.
Awie Abdul Hassan pleaded guilty before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin to all five counts under Section 22A(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance (Sabah Cap. 80).
He was fined RM100, in default three days’ jail, on each charge.
According to the charge sheet, the money belonging to Melinda Jalius was deposited into Awie’s Maybank account at Telipok Ria, here, on five different occasions between Oct 2021 and July 2022. Awie failed to provide a satisfactory explanation as to how the money, totalling RM7,000, was obtained.
According to the charges, the first charge states that Awie had RM2,000 in his account at 7.51am on July 14, 2022, the second charge involves a RM500 deposit made at 5.08am on July 15, 2022, for the third charge, he was found with RM1,000 at 10.12am on November 13, 2021, the fourth charge states that RM500 was deposited at 10.57am on October 3, 2021 and under the fifth charge, RM3,000 was deposited at 2.38am on October 18, 2021.
Each charge carries a penalty of up to RM100 fine, a maximum of three months in jail, or both, upon conviction.
In a separate case, a 26-year-old man was sentenced to six weeks in jail and fined RM300 (or an additional four weeks’ imprisonment in default) for stealing chocolates worth RM158 from a supermarket.
The accused, Md Noor Faizrullah, pleaded guilty to stealing four transparent containers of Ferrero Rocher chocolates from CKS Grocer at Inanam Capital at around 9.35am on September 8 this year.
He was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine.
Inspectors Mohamad Hamidi Mohamad Hamzah and Yusdi Basri prosecuted.
