Director of Autobahn Rent A Car handed second charge, alleging he abetted forgery of 9 receipts
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The documents falsely stated that Borneo Motors had sold and received full payment from Autobahn Rent A Car for nine vehicles, for over $1.86 million in total.
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- Autobahn Rent A Car's director, Tan Boon Kee, faces a new forgery charge involving nine fake Borneo Motors receipts for $1,864,200, allegedly to cheat.
- Tan and fellow director Sanjay Kumar Rai are remanded after being charged with forging a Komoco Motors receipt to deceive. Their case will be next heard on Feb 13.
- Shariot, run by Autobahn, suspended operations due to "operational constraints and insurance cancellation" amidst $300 million debt and failed creditor protection bids.
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SINGAPORE - One of the directors of beleaguered vehicle leasing group Autobahn Rent A Car, who was previously charged with forgery, has been given a fresh charge involving nine forged receipts from Borneo Motors.
On Feb 6, Tan Boon Kee, 49, was handed his second charge of abetting by engaging in a conspiracy to commit forgery for the purpose of cheating.
Autobahn Rent A Car, which runs car-sharing service Shariot, announced on Jan 6 it had suspended its operations
The new charge sheet said that on or around Nov 12, 2025, Tan had instigated an individual to fraudulently make nine false “official receipts” dated Nov 11 that year, bearing the letterhead of Borneo Motors.
The documents falsely stated that Borneo Motors had sold and received full payment from Autobahn Rent A Car for nine Toyota MXPL10R vehicles, for over $1.86 million in total.
Tan allegedly did this with the intention of passing the documents off as genuine ones from Borneo Motors, and to use them for cheating.
He was first hauled to court on Jan 30
Their charges alleged they had instructed a staff member to fraudulently make a false receipt from Komoco Motors, stating that Komoco had sold and received full payment from Hamilton Autohub for 10 Hyundai Kona Hybrid vehicles.
Komoco is the distributor of Hyundai cars, and Hamilton Autohub is one of the companies where Tan and Sanjay are directors and shareholders.
Tan and Sanjay remain remanded for investigations. Their case will be next heard on Feb 13.
According to a hearing list on the judiciary’s website, Tan is represented by Mr Mohamed Baiross from IRB Law and Sanjay’s lawyer is Mr Clarence Lun of Fervent Chambers.
Shariot and 17 related firms, including Autobahn Rent A Car, had applied to the High Court in December 2025 for a six-month moratorium to halt creditor actions, including the repossession of assets, while they work out a proposed scheme of arrangement.
A scheme of arrangement is a court-supervised process that enables financially distressed companies to negotiate with creditors to restructure their debts and continue operating.
Collectively, Autobahn and its group of related companies have 1,700 vehicles, mainly rented out for ride-hailing services.
According to earlier reports, the companies collectively owed more than $300 million
The High Court on Dec 26, 2025, dismissed the company’s application for temporary protection from creditors.
Autobahn Rent A Car had planned to appeal for protection against creditors’ recovery action but the appeal was dropped in January.
The firm subsequently notified its creditors about the withdrawal of the appeal.
