The Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday handed a four-year jail sentence to a 27-year-old local after he pleaded guilty to stealing money from his landlord’s bank account through an online bank’s mobile application.
Muhammad Syukri bin Abdullah Sia @ Sia Chin Chin was ordered to compensate the victim BND10,649 or risk serving another three months’ jail.
The defendant stole BND10,649 by transferring the amount in four transactions on August 8 and 9 to a bank account he had access to.
More details on Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin