SHAH ALAM, Jan 4 — A business consultant was charged at the Sessions Court here today with seven counts of money laundering involving RM53,144 three years ago.
Khairul Khuzaini Zamsani, 29, pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which were read out before Judge Awang Krisnada Awang Mahmud.
He was charged with four counts of disposing of RM22,254, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities from his savings account.
Khairul Khuzaini also faces three charges of transferring RM30,890, which was proceeds from illegal acitivities, to savings accounts belonging to three local women aged 26 to 58.
The offences were allegedly committed at a bank branch in Pandamaran, Klang, between April 13 and May 15, 2021.
The charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which provides imprisonment for up to 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of proceeds from the unlawful activities or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if convicted.
The judge allowed bail of RM5,000 with one local surety for all the charges and ordered the accused to surrender his passport to the court.
Deputy public prosecutor Julianazriana Jaafar appeared for the prosecution, while Khairul Khuzaini was represented by lawyer Sabrina Mohd.
The court fixed February 13 for mention of the case.
On July 27, 2021, Khairul Khuzaini pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court to a charge of deceiving actor Datuk Mohd Fairus Zainal Abidin, better known as Fizz Fairuz, over a cleaning project of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
— Bernama
