Penjana Kerjaya: Agency owner remanded over RM370k false claims

An employment agency owner has been remanded for two days, starting today, to assist in the investigation of a case of submitting false claims amounting to RM370,000 in 2020 and 2021.

The case involved false claims made online to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to obtain hiring incentive payments under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 programme.

The two-day remand applied by...