KUALA LUMPUR: A chief administrative officer of a company has been fined RM56,000 by the Sessions Court here on three counts of using forged account statements and payment vouchers to prepare a report for the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) last year.
Judge Azura Alwi meted out the fine, in default 32 months' jail, to J. Jayasri Nair, 30, after she pleaded guilty to all three charges on Wednesday (Sept 21).
She was fined RM20,000 on the first count, and RM18,000 each for the second and third charges.
For the first charge, Jayasri, the chief administrative officer at Famox Plantation (M) Sdn Bhd, was accused of using a false Agro Bank Berhad account statement dated April 21 last year in the company’s report to Mitra.
The offence was committed at Mitra's office in Putrajaya on July 28 last year.
For the second and third charges, she was accused of using two forged vouchers, each amounting to RM6,400 and dated Jan 3 and May 23 last year, for the same purpose at the same location and date.
Based on the facts of the case, Famox Plantation was offered a Mitra grant to carry out socio-economic development programmes for 120 members of the B40 Indian community on Nov 5, 2020, involving an allocation of RM1,206,030.
The company was required to prepare a periodic report and a final report as proof the allocation had been utilised.
The accused was found to have forged the company's bank account statement and two payment vouchers submitted in the report.
DPP Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir prosecuted, while lawyer PG Cyril represented Jayasri. – Bernama
