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Apr 20, 2011
Jail for personal assistant who pocketed $175,000
By Khushwant Singh
FOR more than a year, Noreen Cainong Enriquez pocketed more than $151,800 of her company's money. The Filipino national, who is a permanent resident here, also applied for credit cards in her boss's name to obtain cash advances and credit amounting to more than $25,000.
On Wednesday, the 35-year-old was jailed 21/2 years.
A district court heard that as the personal assistant to Mr Selamat Salim - the owner of Amat Carpet Computer, a company that deals in furniture and electronic products, Enriquez was also responsible for making payments to suppliers.
Her boss had entrusted her with 'blank' cheques which he had signed. She was to fill in the correct amount due to the supplier when making payment but instead she would inflate the amount.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Yau Pui Man explained that Enriquez would then cash the cheque, pay the customer and pocket the balance. Through this method she misappropriated more about $151,800 from November 2007 to October 2008.
In addition to the two criminal breach of trust charges, she also pleaded guilty on Wednesday to forging a credit card application form and obtaining cash advances amounting to $5,681 from Citibank.
Enriquez also cheated other credit card companies and banks of nearly $20,000.
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