Ikram Member Charged Again, Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering Involving Over RM17 Million

KUALA LUMPUR – A member of the Ikram Malaysia Organisation (Ikram) Hulu Selangor was charged again at the Sessions Court here today with 17 counts of money laundering involving funds totalling more than RM17.9 million between 2021 and 2025.

However, the accused, Fakhrudin Abd Karim, 57, pleaded not guilty after all charges were read out before Judge Azrul Darus.

“I understand, claim trial (plead not guilty),” said Fakhrudin.

According to seven charges, the accused was charged with money laundering amounting to RM10.54 million by transferring the money, which was proceeds from unlawful activities, from the Ehsan Cares Solution bank account to a company’s account for payment of a ‘Proposed Design For New Bungalow’ in Bandar Kundang, Gombak, a residential property owned by him.

At the same time, Fakhrudin was also charged with transferring money, proceeds from unlawful activities, amounting to RM2.66 million from the Ehsan Cares Solution bank account to his own credit card account for payment of the credit card.

Meanwhile, for the remaining 10 charges, the accused was charged with transferring money amounting to RM4.7 million, proceeds from unlawful activities, from the Ehsan Cares Solution bank account to two accounts belonging to two companies.

The money was for payment of luxury vehicles such as Mercedes Benz/ AMG S63, Range Rover SVA, Porsche/ 911 Carrera S S-A, Porsche/ 911 Turbo S S-A and Toyota Alphard, in addition to payment for a Lexus RX300 vehicle made via a cheque from Fakhrudin’s bank account to a company’s account.

All offences were allegedly committed at two banks in Bangsar and Bukit Bintang, Jalan Sultan Ismail, between 6 January 2021 and 21 April 2025.

The charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613), which provides for a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the proceeds of unlawful activities or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if found guilty.

The court then allowed the accused to be released on bail of RM500,000 with the same conditions as those imposed by the Shah Alam Sessions Court previously.

During proceedings, the prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib, while the accused was represented by counsel Datuk N. Sivananthan.

The court then set 7 August for the next case mention, and the mention proceedings will be held at the Shah Alam Sessions Court.

Previously, on 16 June, Fakhrudin was charged and pleaded not guilty at the Shah Alam Sessions Court to 158 charges of using his position for bribes amounting to RM98.27 million between 2021 and last year.

Fakhrudin made the plea before Judge Datuk Mohd. Nasir Nordin after all charges were read out separately, which took nearly two hours.

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