Car salesman jailed 34 days, fined RM17,500 for cheating customers
JOHOR BARU: A car salesman was sentenced to 34 days in jail and fined RM17,500 by the magistrate’s court here after pleading guilty to cheating three customers of their car purchase deposits totalling RM102,050.
A 38-year-old car salesman, Khoo Chiang Chee, has been sentenced to 34 days in jail and fined RM17,500 for cheating three customers out of their car purchase deposits totaling RM102,050. The offences took place between September 29 last year and August this year at Jalan Rosmerah 1/4, Taman Johor Jaya. Khoo pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 417 of the Penal Code, which allows for a jail term of up to five years, a fine, or both upon conviction. The magistrate ordered him to serve between three and six months in jail in default of payment.
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