A WOMAN was fined a total of $12,000 on Monday for illegally accessing information of her former employer's insurance policyholders.

Helen Foo Mei Hwa, 41, was a clerk at The Asia Insurance Company when she committed Computer Misuse Act offences at Finlayson Green in August 2005.

She admitted accessing the company's 'premium system' on Aug 17, 18 and 19 that year to get information of the particulars of 156 policyholders belonging to the company.

Two other similar charges involving 20 policyholders were considered.

Foo, now a freelance insurance agent, was dismissed in August that 2005 after having worked 12 years.

The court heard that she had given the particulars to an insurance agent of the company to facilitate his business.

The mother of two who is separated from her husband was fined $4,000 on each of the three charges.

She could have been fined up to $5,000 or jailed for up to two years or both on each charge.