SRI AMAN: A former local bank cashier has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment and 11 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here after admitting to misappropriating leftover cash from 11 customers, amounting to RM810.
Nurul Nik Syafik Majeli, 38, pleaded guilty to all 11 charges before Judge Intan Nurul Farena Zainal Abidin.
According to the charge sheets, Nurul was entrusted with handling account openings and had persuaded customers to hand over excess cash during the process.
While customers would provide higher amounts, such as RM150, the transactions were recorded at lower figures, with Nurul keeping the balance.
Investigations revealed that his scheme took place at a bank operations counter along Jalan Hospital, Sri Aman, between October 2023 and November 2024. The excess cash obtained ranged from RM20 to RM130 per customer.
One of the complainants, an executive officer from the bank’s Fraud Investigation Department in Kuala Lumpur, lodged a police report after a customer discovered discrepancies in their account balance.
In one instance, a customer named Rupert had handed over RM100 to open an account, but only RM8 was credited into the account.
The court was told that photographic evidence from the bank confirmed the incidents occurred while Nurul was on duty at the counter.
All charges were framed under Section 408 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of between one and 14 years, and is also punishable with caning or a fine upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Chrissie Ngiron Mijun, while Nurul was unrepresented.
