A former Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) employee was charged on Friday after he allegedly cheated Temasek Foundation International of nearly $785,000. Razak Mohamed Lazim, 55, who used to be a senior director for madrasahs at Muis, was handed two...
Razak is accused of falsely portraying that ITL was then affiliated with Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah in Toa Payoh.
By using a similar method for another grant proposal involving Islamic schools in the Philippines, he allegedly duped the foundation into giving $336,750 to ITL between Sept 6, 2019, and Sept 7, 2020.Among other things, Razak is also accused of securing access to Madrasah Irsyad’s e-mail server without authority in 2019.
Internal investigations revealed that a staff member, who was not named, had downloaded numerous confidential documents from the school’s e-mail server without authorisation.It also said that the stolen documents were linked to a review of the madrasah’s financial transactions.
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