{
  "id": 5083179,
  "title": "Bank manager fined RM40mil, jailed 7 years for fraud, money laundering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/bank-manager-fined-rm40mil-jailed-7-years-for-fraud-money-laundering",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T12:23:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1524478/bank-manager-fined-rm40mil-jailed-7-years-fraud-money-laundering"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUCHING: A relationship manager with an international bank was today sentenced to seven years’ jail, fined RM40 million and ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "CBI chargesheets 5 Haryana IAS officers in Rs 504-cr IDFC First Bank fraud case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/cbi-chargesheets-5-haryana-ias-officers-in-rs-504-cr-idfc-first-bank",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:54:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bank manager jailed 7 years, fined RM40mil for fraud, money laundering",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/bank-manager-jailed-7-years-fined-rm40mil-for-fraud-money-laundering",
        "published": "2026-09-02T13:49:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}