24yo woman sentenced to 16-months jail for illegal deposit taking

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SIBU, Sept 5: A 24-year old woman has been jailed 16 months by the Sessions Court today for two charges of illegal deposit taking.

The accused, Jessy Jemu Ringer, 24, from Tatau pleaded guilty to both offences.

In the first charge, she had at about 2.40pm on Nov 23, last year abetted a man identified only as David, who is still at large, to receive a deposit amounting to RM23,500 from a 47-year-old-man.

As for the second charge, on Nov 21, 2023, the accused had abetted one Chen Sheng Zheng, who is also still at large, to receive RM32,000 from a 51-year-old woman.

The money was for an illegal online investment scheme where both victims failed to receive any returns.

Jessy was sentenced to eight months jail for each of the two offences.

The accused had collected deposits without a license as required under Section 10 of the Financial Service Act 2013.

In doing so she had contravened Section 137 (1) of the same Act and thereby committed an offence which is punishable under Section 137(20 of the same Act and Section 109 of the Penal Code. — DayakDaily