Couple Charged for Stealing Money from MH370 Passengers' Bank Account

Malaysian police have charged two people over the alleged theft of
around $35,000 from the bank accounts of four passengers on missing
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

HSBC bank officer Nur Shila Kanan, 33, is facing 12 charges after
allegedly transferring money between the passengers' accounts,
Assistant Commissioner Izany Abdul Ghany of the Kuala Lumpur
Commercial Crime Investigation Department told CNN.

Nur Shila's husband, Basheer Ahmad Maula Sahul Hameed, a 33-year-old
mechanic, is facing four counts of allegedly using a debit and other
cards belonging to one of the passengers to withdraw money from an
ATM.

Funds were also allegedly transferred to a fifth account belonging to
Pakistani man Ali Faran Khan, who is still being sought by police.

Officers detained Nur Shila and her husband last Thursday after being
alerted to the suspected fraud by HSBC bank officials in Malaysia.

Both defendants have pleaded not guilty. They've been released on bail
and ordered to surrender their passports.

According to state news agency Bernama, their next hearing is on August 25.

It's alleged that between May 14 and July 8, Nur Shila transferred
$12,600 (40,000 ringgits) from the account of Malaysian passenger Hue
Pui Heng to the account of Chinese passenger Tian Jun Wei, according
to Bernama.

The bank officer is accused of then using fake documents to apply for
a new debit card in Tian's name, and making applications to transfer
money from savings accounts belonging to Chinese passengers Ju Kun and
Malaysian flight attendant Tan Size Hiang, Bernama said.