Homeless man gets a year’s jail for hiding over RM480,000

Homeless man gets a year’s jail for hiding over RM480,000

PETALING JAYA: A homeless man was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment by two sessions courts in Kuala Lumpur today for hiding over RM480,000 in cash belonging to two women last year.

Sinar Harian reported that Marchell Jeff Lee Sin Ket, 39, pleaded guilty to two charges read against him before judges Azrul Darus and Hamidah Mat Deril.

Both courts ordered Lee to serve his sentences concurrently from Thursday onwards.

According to the first charge, Lee was accused of helping the owner of an investment company hide RM314,790 in cash for the purpose of fraud at a condominium unit in Sentul, between Nov 18 and Dec 12, 2024.

According to the second charge, he was accused of transferring or hiding RM173,000 in cash belonging to a health company accounting executive at another condominium unit in Sentul between Nov 7 and Dec 9, 2024.

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Both charges were under Section 424 of the Penal Code for fraudulent removal or concealment of consideration (property), which provides for up to five years’ imprisonment, a fine or both if convicted.

The prosecution was led by deputy public prosecutors M Saravanan and Raihanah Abd Razak, while Lee was unrepresented.