KUALA LUMPUR: The probe into gold trading firm Genneva Malaysia Sdn Bhd involved some 35,000 investors and RM10bil worth of investments, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
Source from (The Star Online): http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/10/31/nation/20121031133047&sec=nation
Published: November 01, 2012
Genneva and its related companies are being investigated by Bank Negara Malaysia for suspected offences, including illegal deposit taking, money laundering and tax evasion.
“Based on our information, there are 35,000 investors that had been detected with investments worth some RM10bil," Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein told Datuk Ibrahim Ali (IND-Pasir Mas) during Question Time.
“We
found that there was a huge gap between the deposits and the assets of
the company,” he said of the investigation carried out by Bank Negara.
Ibrahim wanted to know if the government would interfere and assist the investors.
Awang
Adek said the reason Bank Negara had initially allowed Genneva to
operate was because it was to operate as a gold trading company.
“It is important that we do not rush and freeze the business immediately as some people have wrongly blamed us,” he said.
Among
steps taken by the Finance Ministry to curb illegal deposit taking and
get-rich-quick scams are through constant monitoring and based on public
tip-off.
“We will also conduct raids from time to time against companies found to contravene the laws," he said.
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