Lawyer duped me of RM1.9mil, says company director

📆 9/24/2024 11:00 AM
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PETALING JAYA: Poh Kong Holdings Bhd saw its net profit for its fourth quarter ended July 31 (4Q24) increase by more than fourfold year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM22mil, as revenue also grew 8.5% to RM342.5mil.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 49-year-old company director claims to have lost about RM1.9mil after being allegedly defrauded by a law firm.

"She claimed that her company hired the Kuala Lumpur-based law firm to handle four civil claims against her in 2022."The owner of the law firm allegedly offered to transfer the victim's funds to himself while the civil case was ongoing. The victim agreed," Comm Ramli told a press conference at CCID headquarters here on Tuesday ."At the end of last year, the victim decided to terminate the law firm's services and asked the suspect to return her money and valuables.

In a second case, Comm Ramli said an 81-year-old man alleged he was cheated of RM438,000 by another law firm. "He claimed that his company hired the law firm in 2009 to handle a lawsuit filed by his company against another firm.

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