The company busted by the MACC for money laundering and fraud was found to have offered commissions to its clients and used local artistes and celebrities as ambassadors.
According to an MACC source, the financial consultancy firm also asked those who joined their financial schemes to post on social media to attract friends to sign up.
“There were efforts by the financial consultancy to offer commissions to individuals who introduced new clients to them and to promote the company’s services,” the source told Bernama today.
The company was previously busted by the MACC under Ops Sky.
Meanwhile, MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said when contacted that they were investigating if other financial consultancies used similar modus operandi to manipulate the approval of bank loan applications.
“For now, MACC is only focusing its investigation on this company,” he said, adding they had also identified three artistes who were the company’s ambassadors in 2023 and 2024 and would get their statements shortly.
A total of 27 individuals, including 18 bank officers, eight employees of the financial consultancy, and one civilian, have been released on bail.
The MACC also seized about 4,000 documents and froze 98 bank accounts valued at RM17,403,644.
- Bernama
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