MR RUDEE Goh quit his job to run the family's eatery business after his father was jailed for six month in March over a 'phantom workers' employment scam.
Mr Goh, 33, who used to be a prime mover driver, and the eldest of three siblings, now manages the popular Restu Muslim Seafood Restaurant in Tampines with his mother.
His father, Sulaiman Abdullah, 56, also known as Tommy Goh Beng Hock, was the first employer to be jailed in a series of high-profile phantom-worker cases.
Since February this year, 26 employers have been charged in Court for hiring phantom workers.
Six have been sentenced, receiving fines or jail terms ranging from six to 16 months for their offences.
Employers are allowed to hire foreigners only after meeting a certain quota of Singaporean employees.
Inflating the foreign-worker ratio by falsely declaring the number of local workers is punishable with a maximum fine of $15,000 or a jail term of up to 12 months, or both.
Sulaiman had lied that he had more Singaporean workers than he did, so as to hire foreigners. He paid Central Provident Fund contributions for five phantom workers.
While business is still good for Mr Goh, this could not be said of the other establishments caught in similar scams.
