American businessman claims trial to cheating bank of over RM3 mln 26 Apr 2021 / 19:27 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
KUALA
LUMPUR: An American businessman was charged in the Sessions Court here, today with cheating a local bank involving payments of hotel accommodation and facilities of over RM3 million last March.
Rathan Frank Thorng, 56, who also holds Cambodian citizenship, pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read out to him in English before judge Ahmad Kamar Jamaludin.
The accused, a Santander Bank debit Mastercard holder, while knowing that the bank account had been closed, had allegedly cheated Maybank Berhad by making illegal offline transactions for accommodation and facilities payments for an “Ankor Thok Development Sdn Bhd Group Meeting” at Pullman Hotel.