by Elena Chong
A FORMER bank executive of DBS Bank was charged in court on
Tuesday with 37 counts of corruption and seven counts of computer
misuse.
Sazaly Selamat, 39, is said to have corruptly accepted bribes
totalling $2,625 from six individuals to divulge confidential
customers' particulars from the bank's computer records to
them.
The 37 alleged briberies took place between July 2005 and
October 2006.
The other charges state that he knowingly caused the computer at
a workstation at Newton POSB Building to display data contained in
the customer information system without the consent of the
bank.
He asked for an adjournment to raise funds. His police bail of
$10,000 was extended.
He will appear in court on Nov 9.
If convicted of corruption, he faces a fine of up to $100,000
and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge. For computer
misuse, the maximum penalty is a fine of up to $5,000 and two
years' jail.