Ex-company owner, CFO nabbed for falsifying RM8.1mil in claims
According to sources, the suspects, who were arrested under Op Flora, are believed to have been involved in falsifying claims for the provision of machinery rental services, facilities, and waste disposal.
As part of the operation, the MACC's Special Operations Division also raided 11 premises across the Klang Valley and Negri Sembilan.
The MACC has also frozen 76 bank accounts comprising both individual and corporate accounts, involving a total of about RM1.68 million.
"Both suspects, aged between 40 and 50, were detained around 6.30pm yesterday while giving their statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
"They are believed to have been involved in corruption and money laundering related to machinery and facility rental services between 2019 and 2021.
"In addition, investigations are also focusing on waste disposal service claims from January to October 2022, as well as the receipt of bribes," the source said.
The MACC also obtained a one-day remand order against both suspects when they were brought before the magistrate's court in Putrajaya this morning.
"The investigation is also identifying other possible criminal offences under the Penal Code as well as money laundering activities," the source added.
MACC Special Operations Division senior director Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
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