Monday, August 15, 2016

MACC nab three titled civil servants.

Latest: Corruption and Money Laundering.

MACC nab three titled civil servants, 

freeze RM13m assets in graft sting -

MACC has detained three titled public servants
 for corruption, abuse of power and money laundering. -
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Three public servants — one of them a ‘Datuk’ and another a ‘Datuk Seri’ — were detained today by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) for corruption, abuse of power and money laundering.
Its director of Investigations, Datuk Azam Baki said the three, serving in a government department, a local authority and a government-linked company respectively, were arrested in Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Kelantan.
The three, in their 50’s, were apprehended in a simultaneous operation conducted between noon and 2 pm, he said in a statement.
“Following their arrest, the accounts of the three individuals amounting to more than RM13 million have been frozen, comprising savings accounts and unit trusts worth between RM1 million and RM6 million of each of the three arrested.
“Also sealed were several luxurious condominium units including penthouses, bungalows and posh cars like Maserati, BMW and Audi, believed to be from the proceeds of corruption and money laundering,” said Azam. 
He said cash amounting to about RM400,000 and several expensive watches were discovered in the operation.
The investigation is being conducted under Sections 17(a) and 23 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.





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