Salesman Charged With Cheating Over Sale Purchase Of Gloves Worth RM5.1 Million

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 Bernama) -- A salesman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a fraud charge involving the sale and purchase of gloves totalling RM5.1 million, five years ago.

P. Dinesh, 36, together with the director of Aspen Broadway Sdn Bhd, who has been charged with the offence, was alleged to have deceived an individual into believing that 150,000 boxes of the Hartalega brand Coats Nitrile Examination gloves were already in stock at Hartalega Sdn Bhd's warehouse.

On the belief that the gloves were already at Hartalega’s warehouse,  the victim transferred  RM5.1 million through a law firm into a bank account belonging to another law firm that Aspen Broadway had appointed as the company's lawyer.

The gloves were supposedly for sale and delivered by Aspen Broadway to another company, but they actually did not exist.

The offence was allegedly committed at a condominium in Jalan Tun Ismail near here on Nov 9, 2020, under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which provides a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or whipping and a fine, if convicted.

Judge Azrul Darus allowed Dinesh bail of RM100,000 with one surety and also ordered him to surrender his passport to the court and to report at a nearby police station once a month. The court also set July 28 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Chow Siang Kong appeared for the prosecution while lawyer Mohd Akmal Mohd Taufik represented Dinesh.

Last Feb 10, Aspen Broadway Sdn Bhd company director R. Gopinatan Pillai was charged with one count of fraud and seven counts of money laundering involving the sale and purchase of gloves.

-- BERNAMA