Nine directors wanted by MACC

PETALING JAYA: Nine company directors, believed to be proxies of the prime suspect in the swindling of RM7mil from an oil company, are being sought by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
A source told The Star that the individuals, who are directors of nine companies, were allegedly aware of the funds being transferred into their companies’ accounts.
“Investigations revealed that the RM7mil was wired in stages into the accounts of the companies allegedly hired by the prime suspect over a RM76mil oil pipeline project called the Lekas 3, in Malacca between 2011 and 2013,” the source said.
The source added that the suspects were going to be detained soon.
In the latest arrest, a former accountant linked to the main contractor of the project was detained at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 12.30pm on Wednesday.
The woman, in her 40s, is the former accountant of the contractor that was building the pipeline.
“She was hired between 2011 and 2014, the period the project was supposed to happen.
“The MACC believes that she was responsible for wiring a fraction of the RM7mil to the said accounts.
“The commission is also in the midst of determining whether she was in the know, directly involved or accepted a bribe,” the source said.
Previously, between Aug 25 and Sept 2, nine other suspects were arrested in connection with the case.
It was reported that the MACC was going to speed up its investigations into the alleged abuse of power in the pipeline project.
The MACC has frozen 17 bank accounts, totalling RM5.5mil, and seized a double-storey house, several luxury cars including four Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari, and two motorcycles.

The managing director of an oil and gas company allegedly took a bribe from a sub-contractor for appointing him and approving a falsified invoice for the RM76mil project.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/09/09/nine-directors-wanted-by-macc-all-are-proxies-in-rm7mil-swindling-case/

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