KUALA LUMPUR: A former customer relations manager of an international bank was charged again at the Sessions Court today with three counts of forgery of documents involving 155 gold bars worth RM6 million belonging to customers.
This came after Mohd Saibulrijal Mohd Saad, 46, was given a discharge not amounting to acquittal on three earlier charges on March 27 due to technical issues.
Saibulrijal pleaded not guilty to the three new charges before judge Azrul Darus.
On the first and second charges, he had allegedly fraudulently used two genuine documents "Gold Safe Keeping Service Withdrawal Form" which he knew were forged at a shopping mall in Bangsar at 9am to 4pm on Jan 13,2021.
The other charge read that he had fraudulently used a document "Letter of Indemnity" as a genuine document and he knew that it was forged at the same place and time on Oct 15,2019.
All the charges were framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 465 of the same code which carries a jail term of two years or fine or both if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Norfauzani Mohd Nordin urged the court to impose bail of RM15,000 for each charge.
She said the sum was agreed with defence counsel Shahrulazwad Ismail.
Judge Azrul allowed the bail as suggested and set June 14 for mention.
On March 27, Saibulrijal was charged before judge Azrul with 80 counts of breach of trust, misappropriation of property, forgery of documents, and cheating involving 155 gold bars worth over RM6 million belonging to customers between 2020 and 2021.
For 26 counts of cheating, he was accused of deceiving several bank officials by inducing them to believe that some customers intended to withdraw and buy 155 gold bars.
Gold bars of various weights were purported to be withdrawn and bought using 'Gold Safe Keeping Service Withdrawal Forms' said to be signed by the customers.
For 46 counts of document forgery, Saibulrijal is accused of using genuine documents at the same bank, between 9am and 4pm, between October 15, 2019, and January 13, 2021.
The accused is also charged with misusing property, namely 33 gold bars weighing between 0.05kg and 1kg owned by three female bank customers.
For the breach of trust offence, he was accused of misappropriating property, namely two gold bars, each weighing 500gm, belonging to a 75-year-old woman with the title Datin.