A former bank employee was fined a total of RM90,000 by the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court after pleading guilty to 17 charges involving bribery and failing to report corrupt payments linked to housing loan referrals.
Judge Elesabet Paya Wan ordered Mohd Rais Mohamed Ramli, 44, to serve between two and 10 months’ imprisonment for each offence if he fails to pay the fines imposed.
According to court documents, the accused accepted bribes amounting to RM123,132.50 from a law firm through a company account registered under his wife’s name.
The payments, ranging between RM2,820 and RM15,545, were allegedly given as inducements to secure housing loan case referrals through a bank executive officer under Mohd Rais’ supervision.
The offences were committed at a bank branch in Taman Seri Gombak, Batu Caves, Selangor, between December 13, 2019, and January 27, 2023.
Mohd Rais was charged under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 for accepting bribes, as well as Section 25(1) of the same Act for failing to report the corrupt transactions.
During mitigation, defence counsel S.S. Amritpal Singh told the court that his client is unemployed and supports a wife and three children.
The prosecution was conducted by MACC deputy public prosecutor Sharina Farhana Nor Sa’ari.
