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Vivy Yusof dan Fadzarudin Shah Anuar didakwa pada 5 Dis 2024 atas pertuduhan pecah amanah jenayah membabitkan dana pelaburan Khazanah Nasional Bhd dan Permodalan Nasional Bhd ketika mereka menjadi pengarah Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd. (Gambar Bernama)KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini diberitahu Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd menerima hampir RM40 juta pelaburan daripada Khazanah Nasional Bhd dan Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) pada 2018.Pengurus Public Bank Tay Lay Hong, 54, memberi keterangan bahawa Fashion Valet menerima RM7.848 juta dan RM11.742 juta daripada Khazanah, masing-masing pada 23 dan 26 Mac.Menurut Tay, syarikat itu turut menerima RM11.9535 juta daripada PNB pada 4 Jun dan RM8.364 juta lagi pada 20 Dis tahun sama.Ketika memberi keterangan dalam perbicaraan kes pecah amanah jenayah RM8 juta membabitkan pengasas Fashion Valet Vivy Yusof dan suaminya, Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, Tay berkata RM11 juta dikeluarkan daripada akaun Fashion Valet kepada penerima yang tidak dinyatakan pada 21 Ogos tahun itu.“Saya mengesahkan transaksi pengeluaran dana ini dibuat secara pembayaran pukal melalui perbankan dalam talian,” katanya dalam pernyataan saksi.Tay berkata RM5 juta dikreditkan ke akaun Public Bank milik Vivy pada 3 Sept dengan rujukan transaksi “CIMB Rentas”.Sejumlah RM5 juta lagi dikreditkan ke akaun Fadzarudin pada keesokannya dengan catatan “dividen interim”.Berdasarkan rekod bank, kedua-dua transaksi itu datang daripada 30 Maple Sdn Bhd.Tay berkata pada 5 Sept, Vivy dan Fadzarudin masing-masing mengeluarkan RM5.5 juta daripada akaun Public Bank mereka di kaunter.Ketika pemeriksaan balas, peguam bela M Athimulan mencadangkan adalah perkara biasa bagi peruncit besar seperti Fashion Valet menggunakan pembayaran pukal untuk memenuhi komitmen kewangan termasuk membayar gaji, bil pembekal dan sewa premis.Tay bersetuju.Athimulan: Ini bermakna transaksi RM11 juta yang dinyatakan sebagai pembayaran pukal tidak bermaksud wang itu dipindahkan ke satu akaun peribadi tertentu?Tay: Saya setuju.Athimulan: Anda juga tidak menemui sebarang pemindahan wang secara penipuan dalam pembayaran pukal itu kepada syarikat cangkerang atau akaun peribadi yang tidak wujud?Tay: Saya setuju.Vivy dan Fadzarudin, kedua-duanya berusia 38 tahun, didakwa bersama pada 5 Dis 2024 atas pertuduhan pecah amanah jenayah membabitkan dana pelaburan Khazanah dan PNB ketika mereka menjadi pengarah Fashion Va… Vivy Yusof and Fadzarudin Shah Anuar were jointly charged on Dec 5, 2024 with CBT involving Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd investment funds in their capacity as directors of Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd.

(Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: The sessions court here heard today that Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd received almost RM40 million in investments from Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd in 2018.Public Bank manager Tay Lay Hong, 54, testified that Fashion Valet received RM7,848,000 and RM11,742,000 from Khazanah on March 23 and 26, respectively.Tay said the company also received RM11,953,500 and RM8,364,966 from PNB on June 4 and Dec 20 in 2018, respectively.Testifying in the RM8 million criminal breach of trust trial involving Fashion Valet founders Vivy Yusof and her husband, Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, she said RM11 million was disbursed from Fashion Valet's account to undisclosed recipients on Aug 21 that year.“I confirm that this was a fund disbursement transaction carried out through bulk payment via online banking,” she said in her witness statement.Tay also said RM5 million was credited to Vivy's Public Bank account on Sept 3 under the transaction reference “CIMB Rentas”, and another RM5 million was credited to Fadzarudin's account the following day, marked as “interim dividend”.Both transactions originated from 30 Maple Sdn Bhd, based on the bank records.She said that on Sept 5, Vivy and Fadzarudin each withdrew RM5.5 million from their respective Public Bank accounts over the counter.During cross-examination, defence counsel M Athimulan suggested that it was normal for a large retailer such as Fashion Valet to use bulk payments to meet financial commitments, including payroll, vendor bills and shop rentals.Tay agreed.Athimulan: That means the RM11 million transaction described as a bulk payment does not mean that it was transferred to any single personal account?Tay: I agree.Athimulan: You did not find any fraudulent transfers in this bulk payment to shell companies or non-existent personal accounts?Tay: I agree.Vivy and Fadzarudin, both 38, were jointly charged on Dec 5, 2024 with committing criminal breach of trust involving investment funds from Khazanah and PNB in their capacity as directors of Fashion Valet.They are accused of authorising a payment of RM8 million from Fashion Valet's corporate bank account to 30 Maple Sdn Bhd without…

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