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An employee handed over $120,000 to ease her company's cash flow problem but her boss refused to pay her back

An employee handed over $120,000 to ease her company's cash flow problem but her boss refused to pay her back.

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA

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SINGAPORE - Imagine facing the double whammy of not being able to recover $120,000 owed to you and yet being sued for defamation when you set a debt collector to chase for payment.

That was what happened to an employee here when she made the mistake of trusting her boss, who used to mentor and groom her as part of the succession planning for his company.

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