How are ghost workers being used to claim incentives?

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Ghost workers are being used by being declared as employees under Daya Kerjaya 2.0 without actually existing, alongside forged documents to obtain full wage incentive payments.

Under the Daya Kerjaya 2.0 programme, the government provides employers a wage incentive of RM1,500 per month for six months for each eligible worker hired, under Perkeso’s initiative. MACC investigations found “individuals who were declared as employees but did not actually exist,” linked to alleged misuse of funds in 2024 and 2025, involving 143 companies and 320 workers nationwide.
Declared employees who do not exist
MACC said the implementation irregularities included people being listed as employees under the programme when they were not real. This forms the basis of the “ghost worker” claims, where declarations are made to qualify for incentive payments.
Workers paid despite not meeting the six-month requirement
Investigators also detected cases where workers did not meet the minimum six-month employment requirement, yet the employers received the full incentive payment. This indicates that eligibility conditions tied to actual employment duration were not being followed in some of the claims.
Forged documents used to obtain the payments
MACC reported that forged documents were used to obtain the incentive payments. In practical terms, the combination of non-existent “employees” and falsified documentation supported the RM9.01 million in false claims uncovered so far.
Scope of the suspected misuse
MACC said the linked cases involved 143 companies and 320 workers nationwide, tied to alleged misuse in 2024 and 2025. It also identified another 1,638 companies suspected of similar activities involving about RM45 million, though those cases remain at a preliminary stage of investigation.

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