An IT firm has landed in the spotlight after the MACC alleged it paid former home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi RM13.25 million to secure a MyEG project.

However, in a statement to Bursa Malaysia this afternoon, MyEG claimed to have no knowledge or dealings with Mastoro Kenny IT Consulting & Solutions.

A search for the company's profile with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) showed that the firm also supplies software, builds websites, and provides computer accessories.

The company's owner as mentioned in the CCM records is one M Kumaraguru, 46.

Malaysiakini has established that the same individual owns Mentari Maju Textiles and was charged with money laundering RM300,000 on March 14 this year.

He was reported as having committed the offence between Jan 17 and Feb 23, 2017.

This is within the timeline in which Mastoro Kenny is alleged to have paid some of the RM13.25 million to Zahid.

According to the second and third charge sheets involving the company, Zahid is said to have received 23 cheques totalling RM13 million between Dec 7, 2016, and Feb 8, 2017.

The first charge, meanwhile, was for RM250,000 which MACC claims Mastoro Kenny paid Zahid on July 15, 2016

This was a month before Kumaraguru registered Mastoro Kenny on Aug 19 that year with an office in Scott Garden, Jalan Klang Lama.

It is unclear what MyEG project the MACC believes the company was allegedly trying to secure by paying off the then home minister.

Neither Mastoro Kenny nor Mentari Maju Textiles have an online presence, and according to the CCM, both companies' registration expired on Aug 18, 2017, and July 11, 2017, respectively.

The charges against Zahid involving Mastoro Kenny are for receiving gratification.

It is punishable under Section 24(1) of the MACC Act which carries a prison sentence not exceeding 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the sum or value of the gratification.

Zahid has eight charges of receiving gratification in total, as well as 10 charges for criminal breach of trust, and 27 charges for money laundering.

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