Cleaning agency director fined RM300,000 for cheating Socso agent

THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today fined a cleaning company director RM300,000 for deceiving a Social Security Organisation (Socso) agent on the Penjana Kerjaya hiring incentive programme, amounting to RM236,080, two years ago.

Judge Azura Alwi handed down the sentence on M. Karthikesan, 44, after he pleaded guilty to the five charges.