Jail for serial cheat who scammed blogshop customers and job seekers
Published on Jan 16, 2015 1:39 PM
By Ian Poh
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SINGAPORE - A serial cheat who scammed 30 victims of more than $3,000, luring them mostly by offering bogus jobs and blogshop merchandise, was sentenced to 15 months in jail on Friday.
Janet Tan May Lian devised the schemes after she ran into money problems in March last year. The 35-year-old, who had run a legitimate blogshop on Facebook up to that point, then started to collect payment without delivering the items ordered.
She also advertised non-existent job openings, collected various administrative fees from her victims, and made off with their money.
On Friday, Tan pleaded guilty to five of 35 cheating charges, and had the rest taken into consideration. Her 15-month jail term also included punishment for misappropriating a $1,200 laptop while working as a personal assistant, and stealing $450 while on the job as a part-time cleaner.
