In a shocking revelation, Putra, a 38-year-old businessman from Perak, recently uncovered a staggering deception by his ex-wife that went beyond personal betrayal and revealed an elaborate fraud scheme. Known to their family and friends as Dr. Shaz or Dr. Khan, Putra's ex-wife had misled everyone with her fabricated professional claims.
According to Majoriti, the truth began to surface on June 20 when Putra noticed a substantial withdrawal of RM38,000 from his company. This unusual transaction raised suspicions, prompting him to delve deeper into his ex-wife's purported professional life.
The whole situation seemed odd. Why would she need to take such a significant amount from the company if she was earning over RM11,000 a month as a lecturer at the University of Malaya (UM)? Putra questioned.
His initial investigation led him to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), where he discovered that Shaz had actually withdrawn from her PhD program in 2020, contrary to her claims of ongoing studies. Further digging revealed that the RM200,000 grant she had boasted about was also nonexistent.
I was stunned when I found out that her claims of completing a PhD were false. The grant she talked about wasn't real either, Putra shared.
The deception didn't stop there. The letter Shaz had presented as proof of her appointment as a DS51 grade lecturer was found to be a forgery. Putra's visit to UMs Faculty of Medicine confirmed that the letters signatures and letterhead did not match the university's official documents.
I presented the letter at UMs Faculty of Medicine, and they confirmed that both the signature and the letterhead were forgeries, Putra explained.
Shaz's deceit spanned several years, during which she maintained a facade of academic progress. Despite having ceased her studies in 2020, she continued to pretend to be engaged in her PhD program and even sought permission to stay with her family in Penang under the guise of academic work.
We were in a long-distance marriage because she claimed she was focusing on her PhD online. I stayed in Perak for business, while she and our children lived with her former in-laws in Penang, Putra recounted.
Shaz's parents had placed great importance on education, and before their marriage in 2010, Putra had agreed to support her academic aspirations. She completed her Bachelors in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and a Masters in Applied Linguistics at UPM. However, the promise of a PhD and the associated scholarship were fraudulent.
She completed her Bachelors and Masters, but the PhD program and the scholarship she claimed were false. She had actually stopped studying in 2020, Putra said.
The deception extended further. Shaz also claimed to work at a government hospital in Penang, where she gave medical advice despite lacking any medical training or credentials.
She even said she was working at a government hospital and giving medical advice. Its unbelievable that someone without any healthcare background could claim such a role, Putra lamented.
Putra's investigation has brought to light an elaborate web of lies that has impacted not only him but also their family and acquaintances. The depth of Shaz's deception serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unquestioned trust and the importance of verifying claims, especially those that seem too good to be true.
