Former Company Executive Fined For Using Forged Invoice

KUALA TERENGGANU, April 14  (Bernama) -- A former company executive was fined RM5,000 by the Sessions Court here today for using a forged company invoice three years ago.

Judge Azman Mustapha meted out the fine on Maslidah Mohamad, 45, after she pleaded guilty to the charge. She paid the fine.

The woman was charged with using as genuine a forged document, namely a company claim invoice amounting to RM2,520,  which she knew to be false when submitting it to the Finance Division of Permint Plywood Sdn Bhd.

The offence was committed at the company’s office in the AMBS Industrial Estate, Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, Dungun, in January 2023.

She was charged under Section 465 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both upon conviction.

Earlier, during mitigation, Maslidah, unrepresented, told the court that she is currently undergoing treatment for stroke and cancer.

“I am also taking care of an ailing father, and my eldest child is an autistic child who needs close care,” she said in tears.

The prosecution was conducted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Prosecuting Officer Nur Raihan Mohd Yusof.

-- BERNAMA