A businessperson and a former owner of a computer software company were fined a total of RM230,000 after pleading guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to charges of making false claims for employment incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya programme.

Judge Azura Alwi fined 31-year-old businessperson G Dharmaseelan RM180,000, in default 20 months in jail, while Mohd Hamdi Mohamed Zain, 44, was fined RM50,000, in default 10 months in prison.

Dharmaseelan was charged with deceiving a senior accountant at the finance division of Social Security Organisation (Socso), Rahil Sapura Mustafa into believing that he had submitted the employee verification form for the Employment Incentive Programme for 60 employees of his company, GSD Resources, when in fact they were not.

This resulted in the Socso officer approving a payment voucher dated Nov 10, 2021, amounting to RM86,240 into the bank account of GSD Resources.

The offence, under Section 417 of the Penal Code, was committed at Menara Perkeso, Jalan Ampang on Nov 10, 2021.

Meanwhile, Hamdi was charged with using a false employee verification form in the name of his company, Synergy Communication Technology Sdn Bhd (SCTSB) for the Employment Incentive Programme amounting to RM45,600 under the Penjana Kerjaya programme.

In doing so, he deceived Socso officer Mira Sabriena Romain.

He was charged with committing the offence at Wisma Perkeso, Jalan Tun Razak on March 31, 2021.

The charge, under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 465 of the same code, carries a maximum prison sentence of two years or a fine or both.

Deputy public prosecutor Julaila Jamaludin and prosecuting officer Afiqah Ab Razak, both from MACC prosecuted, while lawyer TP Aravind Raj represented Dharmaseelan.

Hamdi was unrepresented.

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