PUTRAJAYA: A female former pawnbroking executive with a financial company in Kota Baru will be charged tomorrow with cheating her employer to secure a loan worth RM400,000.
Sources said the 31-year-old suspect would be charged at the Sessions Court in Kota Baru.
It was learnt that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had received the greenlight from the Attorney-General’s Chambers to charge the woman under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 for making false claims.
“In July 2018, the woman was detained by the MACC for manipulating the documentation process to get the loan approval,” said a source, adding the woman had allegedly taken pawned jewellery and given them to her accomplice to be pawned again with the company between May 2016 and October 2016.
The suspect was also in-charge of the valuation of pawned items and the approval of loans as well as having access to the vault.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki confirmed the case, but declined to elaborate.