Two charged with four counts of money laundering involving RM2.7m

TELUK INTAN: Two men were charged in the Sessions Court here today with four counts of money laundering, involving more than RM2.7 million.
Zulhilmi Mat Nayan@Ahmad, 34, and Hafiz Dahlan, 37, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them before Judge Norita Mohd Ardani.
Hafiz, an Information Technology Assistant Officer at a public institution of higher learning, was charged with three counts of money laundering, RM1,851,885.57, while Zulhilmi, 34, a businessman, was charged with committing the offence involving RM853,799.93.
They were alleged to have committed the offence between September 2014 and January 2015 in Tanjung Malim by disposing, possessing, receiving and transferring the money , which was proceeds obtained from unlawful activities, online on behalf of a person to the recipients locally or abroad.
The charge, under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, provides an imprisonment for up to 15 years and fine of not less than five times the sum or value of the proceeds from the unlawful activity.
Norita allowed Hafiz bail of RM10,000 in one surety on all three charges, while Zulhilmi's bail was RM5,000 in one surety, and set May 3 for mention of the case at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Shafinas Shabudin, while Hafiz and Zulhilmi were represented by lawyer Mohd Faizi Che Abu. — Bernama