KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — An administrative manager of a Spanish-owned consultancy and business development services company for the defence industry was sentenced to six months in jail by the Sessions Court today for misappropriating RM1.5 million in company funds.
Judge Datin Sabariah Othman handed down the sentence on Tan I-Lynn, 38, after she pleaded guilty to two alternative charges.
Tan was sentenced to six months in prison on each charge to be served concurrently from the date of her arrest on August 22 this year.
On both charges, the accused was charged as an employee of Ada Vinci Global Sdn Bhd with misappropriating RM1,518,422.88 and RM58,354, respectively, belonging to the company.
She was charged with committing the offence at the company at Menara YNH Kiara 163, Jalan Dalam, Brickfields, between December 3, 2021, and March 9, 2022.
The charge, under Section 403 of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment for up to five years and with whipping and is liable to fine upon conviction.
Based on the facts of the case, Tan, who was also the personal assistant of the company owner as well as the authorised signatory of the company, was found to have used money belonging to the company amounting to RM1,576,776.88 between December 3, 2021, and December 10, 2022, for her own use, including to make payments for chocolate supply to her company, Orchid Impex Global.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Raihanah Abd Razak prosecuted, while lawyer Puvarasan B.R represented Tan.
— Bernama
