ALOR STAR: Three members of a syndicate engaged in tax fraud involving luxury cars in Langkawi were fined between RM5,000 and RM20,000 each at the Sessions Court here today.
Judge Rohatul Akmar Abdullah handed down the sentences today after Mohd Noh Hussain, 47, Mohd Khairol Suberi, 35, and Fairul Ismazi Ishak, 46, pleaded guilty to the charges yesterday.
Mohd Noh was fined RM20,000 or a 12-month jail term after pleading guilty to two counts of using a forged sworn document counterfeit account letter dated May 6, 2014, and presenting a fake Customs form at the department's Langkawi office on May 21, 2014, and June 1, 2021.
The court has also taken into consideration the other 10 alternative charges involving fake documents faced by Mohd Noh under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The second accused, Mohd Khairol, was fined RM10,000 or nine months imprisonment after entering guilty plea for two counts of cheating by using a forged Customs declaration form.
The third accused, Fairul Ismazi, who committed the same offence on Nov 22, 2021, was fined RM5,000 or seven months in prison.
They were charged with using counterfeit documents to commit tax fraud concerning luxury cars owned by non-residents of Langkawi from 2014 to 2021.
All the alternative charges were filed under Section 471 of the Penal Code.
Yesterday, the trio pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court to separate charges of using fake documents for tax fraud related to luxury cars owned by non-residents of Langkawi.
It was reported that MACC had hauled seven people suspected members of a syndicate for illicitly reducing duties on luxury cars, resulting in a staggering loss of over RM33 million in taxes for the government.
Meanwhile, three other members of the syndicate, Yeoh Ee Tat, 55; Mohd Haikal Mohd Sabrie, 32; and Teh Wei Li, 51, pleaded guilty to the charges of cheating by using a fake Customs declaration form at the Sessions Court today.
All three were fined RM10,000 or sentenced to nine months in prison each.
Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Mohd Fadhly Mohd Zamry and Mohd Afif Ali prosecuted, while all the accused were represented by lawyers Mohd Hakim Hamran and Quah Chien Chieh.
