PUTRAJAYA: Three people have been remanded in connection with allegations of fake claims and misappropriation of funds totalling RM100mil involving the PenjanaKerjaya programme.
One of the individuals is a company director who had been remanded for four days until July 23.
This follows a successful application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission before Magistrate Mohd Dinie Shazwan Ab Shukor here on Tuesday (July 19).
Two others were remanded in Pahang after Magistrate Nor Izzati Zakaria allowed them to be held for five days.
It is learnt that the 46-year-old company director was arrested at the MACC headquarters at around 8.30pm on Monday (July 18).
The individual was believed to have submitted employees’ confirmation forms via online that contained false information for claims amounting to RM1mil to the Social Security Organisation (Socso).
Sources said the other two, aged 46 and 35, were arrested at the Pahang MACC office at around 4.30pm on Monday.
"They were believed to have submitted false claims worth RM600,000 to Socso," said the source.
So far, 45 individuals have been arrested under Ops Hire - a special operation undertaken by the MACC and Socso - to probe allegations that several employers and training providers had submitted false claims and misappropriated funds under the programme.
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