Five deny embezzling from Maybank

SHAH ALAM: Five more people have claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to misappropriating RM854,075 from Maybank about three years ago.

A group of 29 were earlier charged with embezzling more than RM20 million from the bank during the same time.

Production planner Salisa Essoh, 38, was charged with embezzling RM31,894 belonging to the bank, by depositing the money into her bank account.

Self-employed Ahmad Suffian Abu Bakar, 31, was accused of misappropriating RM21,327.

Three others – retiree Nasarudin Ali, 62, store supervisor Shafii Ismail, 44, and self-employed Ahmad Shazmi Mat Hassan, 34 – were accused of misusing RM17,753, RM448,564 and RM334,536 respectively.

They are alleged to have dishonestly misappropriated the money into their Maybank accounts at the bank’s various branches in Selangor between December 2014 and January 2015.

The five pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were read to them before Judge Zamri Bakar here Monday.

He fixed bail at RM5,000 in one surety each and set May 3 for mention, which will be done at the Kuala Lumpur court since majority of the accused have pending cases there.

DPP Atiqah Liyana Shahrir prosecuted.

Counsels Mohd Faizi Che Abu and Ling Yee Siew represented Ahmad Shazmi and Shafii respectively, while Adeeb Barakbah acted for Salisa, Ahamd Suffian and Nasarudin.

It is learned that the case involved transactions made between 12am and 12.30am when Maybank was updating transactions between the bank and PayPal, a worldwide online payments system.

Ahmad Shazmi, Shafii and Salisa were previously charged at the Kuala Lumpur court with misappropriating funds and cheating.