GEORGE TOWN | A female doctor at a hospital in Seberang Jaya is being probed for allegedly falsifying documents and stamps belonging to her colleagues for insurance and Social Security Organisation (Socso) claims for others.
Penang police Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Rosni Mohd Lazim said police had received a report on the matter from the hospital’s deputy director on Jan 20.
He said the report was made following a complaint by a male doctor who alleged that his official stamp had been fraudulently used by others for insurance and Socso claims.
“The doctor, from the orthopaedic department, had said he had never signed or stamped any letter for several individuals involved in accidents to make insurance and Socso claims.
“He said the said victims had never even sought treatment from him at the hospital.
“Following the complaints, the hospital’s deputy director lodged a police report.
“Based on initial investigations, we have not ruled out that a 37-year-old female doctor may be involved in falsifying the medical documents by using the complainant’s stamp,” he told newsmen here today.
Rosni said subsequently, police seized several documents, believed to have been used by the female doctor, to falsify documents for insurance and Soco claims during checks at her house in Kulim, Kedah recently.
He also said the female doctor had allegedly used the stamp of another female doctor who had formerly worked in the same hospital. The doctor has since been transferred to a hospital in Sibu, Sarawak in 2017.
Rosni said the suspect was believed to have used her former colleague’s stamp since last year.
“To date, we found that three documents had been falsified using the former colleague’s stamp while four documents linked to the male doctor.
“Further investigation is underway and police have recorded statement from the suspect, the male doctor and the hospital’s deputy director.
“We are also identifying several individuals who had used the false documents as well as the stamps of the doctors to make insurance and Socso claims,” he added.
Rosni said police believed the suspect had received commissions for every successful claim.
“We are checking if the suspect had acted alone or is involved with a syndicate.”
The case is being investigated under Section 468 and 471 of the Penal Code for falsifying of documents and using false documents to receive benefits.
