KOTA KINABALU, Dec 5 — The Sessions Court here yesterday ordered former Sabah State Water Department (JANS) director Ag Mohd Tahir Mohd Talib, 62, his wife Fauziah Piut, 59, and former JANS deputy director Lim Lam Beng, 70, to enter their defence on 37 charges of money laundering after the prosecution successfully established a prima facie case against them.

NIBONG TEBAL, Nov 10 — The Home Ministry has confirmed a request from Bangladesh to detain Bestinet founder Aminul Islam Abdul Nor and his associate Ruhul Amin.

MANILA, Sept 8 — Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and laundering over 100 million pesos (RM7.7 million), arrived in Manila early yesterday after being deported from Indonesia.

PARIS, Sept 6 — Telegram boss Pavel Durov has said that the messaging app would tackle criticism of its content moderation and remove some features that had been abused for illegal activity.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has dismissed the representation by Segambut Bersatu deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad over the 12 charges of corruption and money laundering related to the Jana Wibawa project made against him.

TAIPING, July 16 — An investment consultant pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to four counts of money laundering amounting to nearly RM1 million in July last year.

SINGAPORE, June 26 — Singapore faces greater money laundering and terrorism financing risks than other countries because it is an international finance and business hub, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told a meeting of a global financial crime body today.

SINGAPORE, Jun 20 — Singapore's banking sector, including wealth management, poses the highest money-laundering risk in the city-state, the government said in a money-laundering risk assessment report published today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The United States has returned about US$156 million (RM721.4 million) to Malaysia; the fourth instalment of funds recovered from asset seizures related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUCHING, March 7 — A former Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKM) administrative assistant was charged in the Sessions Court today with 31 counts of money laundering and three counts of breach of trust totalling RM15 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — A former property manager pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of transferring RM40,000 in proceeds from unlawful activities into his personal bank account three years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 12 — A former senior police officer walked out a free man today after the Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged him from eight money laundering charges involving a total sum of RM3.35 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The Sessions Court acquitted and discharged a director of a construction company for criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering involving more than RM9 million today.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 3 — The former chief executive officer of TH Heavy Engineering Bhd was imprisoned today, beginning a five-year sentence after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction on three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and two counts of money laundering totalling RM1.57 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — The four individuals arrested yesterday for an investigation into a money laundering case involving investment company i-Serve and low-cost airline MYAirline have been remanded for one to four days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Former Bersatu information chief, Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan, who was previously charged with corruption in relation to the Jana Wibawa project, was again brought before the Sessions Court here today on 18 counts of money laundering, involving RM5.59 million, last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — An MP will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court tomorrow with money laundering under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (AMLA) 2001 (Act 613).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — A married couple and a man facing a kidnapping charge against a Palestinian man, were also charged in the Sessions Court today with money laundering over RM250,000.

SINGAPORE, Oct 3 — Singapore has said it expect more arrests and seizures as the Asian financial hub investigates one of its biggest cases of money laundering, in which the value of assets seized now stands at SG$2.8 billion (RM9.63 billion).

KUANTAN, Aug 23 — Panicked that he will be arrested caused a vegetable gardener in Cameron Highlands to lose RM792,669.45 after being deceived by a Macau scam syndicate.