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PNB pindah RM20.3 juta kepada Fashion Valet pada 2018, mahkamah diberitahu

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Pengasas Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd, Vivy Yusof dan suami, Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, dituduh pada Disember 2024 atas pertuduhan pecah amanah jenayah RM8 juta dana pelaburan daripada Khazanah dan PNB. (Gambar Bernama)KUALA LUMPUR: Pegawai Maybank memberitahu Mahkamah Sesyen bahawa Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) memindahkan RM20.3 juta kepada Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd, pada 2018.Penolong Pengurus Maybank cawangan Jalan Tun Razak, Shamsiah Musa, 55, berkata rekod bank menunjukkan PNB memindahkan RM20,318,510 dalam dua transaksi ke akaun Public Bank, milik Fashion Valet, pada 4 Jun dan 20 Dis tahun tersebut.Ketika memberi keterangan dalam perbicaraan kes pecah amanah jenayah (CBT) membabitkan RM8 juta dihadapi pengasas Fashion Valet, Vivy Yusof dan suaminya, Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, Shamsiah berkata, PNB pertama kali memindahkan RM11,953,509 pada 4 Jun melalui transaksi di kaunter yang memerlukan kelulusan daripada penandatangan yang diberi kuasa.Pada 20 Dis, PNB memindahkan lagi RM8,365,001 menerusi perbankan dalam talian.Shamsiah, yang juga saksi pendakwaan kedua, turut mengenal pasti 22 individu yang merupakan penandatangan yang diberi kuasa bagi PNB pada masa itu.Katanya, penandatangan berkenaan dibahagikan kepada tiga kumpulan – A, B, dan C – serta senarai tersebut berubah dari masa ke masa.Namun, beliau tidak menyatakan kumpulan mana yang meluluskan pemindahan dana itu kepada Fashion Valet.Semasa pemeriksaan balas, Shamsiah bersetuju dengan peguam bela M Athimulan, bahawa sebaik sahaja wang itu dikreditkan dalam akaun Fashion Valet, ia menjadi sebahagian daripada baki tunai dan modal kerja syarikat tersebut.Athimulan: Apabila dana PNB dikreditkan kepada Fashion Valet, ia menjadi sebahagian baki tunai dan modal kerja syarikat. Adakah anda setuju?Shamsiah: Saya setuju.Athimulan: Maybank tidak pernah menerima sebarang notis menghalang Fashion Valet memindah atau menggunakan dana itu untuk operasi perniagaan, pembayaran kepada pembekal, atau pendahuluan korporat?Shamsiah: Saya setuju.Athimulan: Daripada perspektif Maybank, Fashion Valet mempunyai akses penuh ke atas akaun itu melalui penandatangan yang diberi kuasa?Shamsiah: Betul.Shamsiah turut mengesahkan PNB tidak pernah mengarahkan Maybank membekukan dana tersebut atau menyekat akses Fashion Valet terhadapnya.

Beliau selanjutnya bersetuju bahawa dirinya tidak mengetahui terma yang mengawal pelaburan antara PNB dan Fashi… Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd founder Vivy Yusof and her husband, Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, were charged in December 2024 with criminal breach of trust involving RM8 million in investment funds from Khazanah and PNB. (Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: A Maybank officer told the sessions court today that Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) transferred a total of RM20.3 million to Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd in 2018.Shamsiah Musa, 55, an assistant manager at Maybank's Jalan Tun Razak branch, said bank records showed that PNB transferred RM20,318,510 in two tranches to Fashion Valet's Public Bank account on June 4 and Dec 20 that year.Testifying in the RM8 million criminal breach of trust (CBT) trial of Fashion Valet founders Vivy Yusof and her husband Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, Shamsiah said PNB first transferred RM11,953,509 on June 4 through an over-the-counter transaction that required authorisation from an authorised signatory.On Dec 20, PNB transferred a further RM8,365,001 via online banking.Shamsiah, the second prosecution witness, also identified 22 individuals who were authorised signatories for PNB at the time.She said the authorised signatories were divided into three groups – A, B and C – and that the list changed from time to time.However, she did not specify which group authorised the transfers to Fashion Valet.During cross-examination, Shamsiah agreed with defence counsel M Athimulan that once the money was credited into Fashion Valet's account, it became part of the company's cash balance and working capital.Athimulan: When the PNB funds were credited to Fashion Valet, they became part of the company's cash balance and working capital.

Do you agree?Shamsiah: I agree.Athimulan: Maybank never received any notice preventing Fashion Valet from transferring or using the funds for business operations, payments to suppliers or corporate advances?Shamsiah: I agree.Athimulan: From Maybank's perspective, Fashion Valet had full access to the account through its authorised signatories?Shamsiah: That is right.Shamsiah also confirmed that PNB never instructed Maybank to freeze the funds or restrict Fashion Valet's access to them. She further agreed that she did not know the terms governing the investment between PNB and Fashion Valet.During re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Noor Syazwani Sobry, Shamsiah clarified that her earlier answer on Fashion Valet having full access to the fun…

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