Cheating

Ex-SUTD employee charged over unauthorised field bookings, causing more than $130k in revenue loss

Sashi M Kirubakaran, who was a deputy manager at SUTD at the time of the alleged offences, had claimed that the bookings were for university-linked events.

SUTD deputy manager who allegedly made over 180 fraudulent football facility bookings to be charged

The fraudulent bookings resulted in a total revenue loss to SUTD of more than $130,000.

Fugitive handed jail sentence over investment scams that saw victims lose more than $1m

Man jailed after causing victims on Carousell to lose more than $176,000 in car rental scam

The 50-year-old was on Sept 15 handed a three year and six months’ jail term after he pleaded guilty to five cheating charges and one forgery indictment.

Man who drove around S’pore with ‘blaster device’ to transmit over 10.5k phishing messages gets jail

A combined set-up of a “blaster device”, antennae and a large battery pack with battery life of up to 10 hours were found in Ong Kak Seng’s car.

Woman posed as Marriott associate’s sister to get discounts for hotel stays in S’pore

Kao Jane Zhao, 41, who obtained nearly $3,400 in discounts, pleaded guilty to a cheating charge involving more than $1,500.

There’s really only one way to stop students from cheating with AI

We need to get at the root of the problem by changing students’ underlying motivations, says the writer.

Man admits duping 21 victims, including his father, of more than $3.8m

To avoid detection, Lim told the victims to either hand over cash or make bank transfers to various intermediaries, including his mother and his then girlfriend.

Interior designer arrested for allegedly pocketing client’s money in direct payment scheme

The man, who will be charged on Aug 15, is believed to be involved in other cheating cases using a similar scheme, to which victims have lost more than $100,000.

Jail for gambling addict who exploited adoptive dad and others to obtain nearly $1.9m

Tay Yi Cong went overseas when he knew his adoptive father was in contact with the police, only to return to Singapore after an elderly South Korean shopkeeper he confided in advised him to surrender.

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