A former bank sales manager in Melaka was fined RM210,000 after pleading guilty to 20 charges of accepting bribes for housing loan referrals.
MELAKA: A former bank sales manager was fined RM210,000 by the Sessions Court after pleading guilty to 20 alternative charges of accepting RM211,636 in bribes.
Mohamad Faqih Mustapha, 37, admitted to the offences committed between May 2018 and September 2022.
He was accused of receiving 19 transfers into his sister’s bank account and one into his own as an inducement for helping law firms obtain housing loan referrals from his bank.
The charges stated he failed to report the receipt of these bribes to a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer as required by law.
The offences took place at a bank in Graha Peladang, Jalan Hang Tuah.
His lawyer, Azrul Zulkifli Stork, pleaded for a minimum fine, citing it was his client’s first offence and that he was remorseful and unemployed.
Deputy public prosecutor Sharina Farhana Nor Sa’ari urged the court to impose a commensurate sentence.
Judge Elesabet Paya Wan ordered Mohamad Faqih to pay the RM210,000 fine, with a default prison sentence of two to four months.
The accused settled the fine immediately.
The court also ordered the return of his bail money amounting to RM87,000.
