A businessperson has been charged at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today with three counts of submitting false claims to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 incentives, involving a sum of RM1,123,030.

The accused, Mohd Eszahar Mansor, 38, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read out before judge Elesabet Paya Wan.

For the first charge, Eszahar, with the intention of deceiving the...