SEREMBAN: A 56-year-old pre-school assistant claimed trial at the Magistrate's Court here to two charges of cheating two individuals of RM1.64mil by getting them to invest in a non-existent investment scheme.
Rozma Yunus pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to her separately before magistrates Nurul Saqinah Rosli and Syed Farid Syed Ali.
The accused was charged with another person still at large with cheating a 56-year-old man who was also a manager at a government-linked company and a 55-year-old woman to make the investments.
She had allegedly convinced them to transfer RM1,545,824 and RM97,800 into a bank account.
The accused was charged with committing the offences between July 12, 2017, and Sept 1, 2022, at a premises in Kg Tok Dagang near here and another premises in Taman Panchor Jaya.
The accused was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same legislation.
Offenders can be jailed between one and 10 years, whipped, and fined upon conviction.
The accused who was represented by Chrysandy Lai and Lee Boon Shian from the Legal Aid Department asked for a low bail pending next case mention as she only worked as an assistant at a pre-school while her husband was unemployed.
Boon Shian also told the court that the accused was a hepatitis B carrier.
The court then fixed bail at RM12,000 for both charges and fixed Feb 4 for next mention.
Nik Nur Aqilah Syarfa Nik Zaidi and Nadia Ezzati Mohd Zainal prosecuted.
