IPOH: A businessman is facing 115 counts of cheating charges involving transactions worth RM6 million in 2015.
N. Narendran, 37, pleaded not guilty to the 10 charges leveled against him under Section 471 of the Penal Code at the Sessions Court today, in addition to the 105 charges read against him under Section 420 of the Penal Code in November last year.
He was accused of dishonestly using a forged state government document and fake serial referral number of a letter by Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (HRPB) to cheat a man into an investment involving medical equipment supplies for the hospital.
The offence was allegedly committed at Ganang Resources in the Greentown Business Centre between April and October 2015.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of 20 years' jail and a fine.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nazratul Natrah Mohd Yusuf appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was represented by lawyer Bernard Francis.
Judge Norashima Khalid fixed RM10,000 bail and set Wednesday (Sept 7) for mention.
Narendran was last November charged with cheating and dishonestly inducing the same victim, Hafizul Abdul Hamid, 41, into paying him between RM20,000 and RM350,000 for each of the 105 transactions between May and Dec, 2015.
It carries a maximum penalty of 10-years jail and a fine, if found guilty.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was granted a RM90,000 bail.