Saturday, September 19, 2009

Unmarried couple in $1.7 million bank fraud

Couple Ragamahhhulla Meeran Gani and girlfriend Anita Said were involved in cheating her employer OBCB Bank of $1.7 million dollars in a fake invoice scam. Over 5 years, they used 750 fake invoices to obtain payment from the bank for fake courier services of bank brochures and prospectuses. This was easy as she was involved in processing payment to the bank's suppliers and service providers.

They were charged in court with 93 charges of cheating and 9 charges of moving the illegal proceeds to Malaysia where some of the money was used to pay for a house in Malaysia and renovation work on it. For their crimes, they were sentenced to 5 1/2 years jail each.

The bank would of course be able to sue them for the monies taken and perhaps for a share of the value of the house in Malaysia.

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