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Man claimed to be ex-DPM's brother to cheat victims
Wong Kok Keong invited three shareholders of Manor Construction to invest in a project and also duped them into agreeing to buy shares in a company. He encashed the cheques they gave him,ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published 7 hours ago
Bankrupt duped four men out of $470k after saying he was related to Wong Kan Seng
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
An undischarged bankrupt duped four victims into paying him $470,000 after claiming to be the brother of then Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng, a court heard.
Wong Kok Keong, alias Wong Kock Khiang, 63, pleaded guilty to three of nine charges.
Five of the six remaining charges to be considered relate to him obtaining credit from the victims without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt. He was made bankrupt on March 9, 2001.
Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Hon Yi told the court that Messrs Lim Swee Guan, 53, Chian Jee Khin, 42, and Heng Choon Leng, 45, then shareholders of Manor Construction, came to know Wong in September 2007.
Asked if he was related to or the brother of then DPM Wong, he said yes.
Wong claimed that he knew the director of the company that had the lease of a plot of land in Yung Ho Road in Jurong. Wong said the lessee had agreed to sell part of his rights to the land to him, for him to construct a commercial building on it. He invited Manor Construction, through the victims, to invest in the project. They agreed.
They issued him a cheque for $180,000 on Sept 27 as payment for 20 per cent of the "option to purchase", which he encashed the same day.
When the trio later asked him on multiple occasions for the documents, he could not produce them.
He finally told them in April 2008 that the investment was unsuccessful and promised to return the sum.
DPP Hon said that, in fact, there was no such project or option to purchase the plot of land in Jurong. Nor was Wong the brother of then DPM Wong. At around the same time, Wong had also told the trio that he could get preferential shares in a listed company called Advance Modules Group.
He claimed that he was arranging for a deal with the company, and that due to the deal, its shares would rise to 50 cents a share.
He duped the trio into agreeing to buy 1.6 million shares, at 15 cents per share, amounting to $240,000.
After Wong got the money in two cheques, he encashed them. He later told them that he could not secure the purchase of the shares and promised to return the $240,000.
One of the charges he pleaded guilty to relate to a 2011 cheating case - Wong conned Mr Chiam Teck Hwa, 48, into giving him $50,000 after making him believe that he was then DPM Wong's brother, and that the money would be invested in a company relating to dialysis. He has since repaid the amount to Mr Chiam.
Wong's lawyer Edmond Pereira will give his mitigation plea on April 26.
Undischarged bankrupt conned victims of $470,000 by lying that he was Wong Kan Seng's brother
Wong Kok Keong conned four men of $470,000 while claiming to be then Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's brother.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published Mar 21, 2016, 6:33 pm SGT
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
SINGAPORE - Claiming to be then Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's brother, an undischarged bankrupt conned four men of $470,000, a court heard.
Wong Kok Keong, also known as Wong Kock Khiang, 63, pleaded guilty earlier in March to cheating Mr Chiam Teck Hwa, 48, of $50,000 by making him believe that he was related to then DPM Wong and that he would invest Mr Chiam's money into a company relating to dialysis alongside his own money.
Wong had originally claimed trial for this 2011 offence as well as another charge, but threw in the towel after the first witness testified for the prosecution last month.
On Monday (March 21), Wong pleaded guilty to two more cheating offences and will have six others, mostly under the Bankruptcy Act, considered during his sentencing.
He admitted cheating Messrs Lim Swee Guan, 55, Chan Jee Khin, 42, and Heng Choon Leng, 45, shareholders of Manor Construction, of $180,000 on Sept 27, 2007. The trio were deceived into believing that the amount payable by Manor Construction was 20 per cent of the "option to purchase'' for a property at Yung Ho Road.
He also deceived them into believing that he had preferential shares in Advance Modules Group, which would rise to 50 cents a share, thus inducing them to give him $240,000 in October the same year.
A district court heard that the the trio came to know Wong through a business deal in 2007. During their introductions, Wong responded affirmatively when asked if he was related to or was then-DPM Wong's brother.
Sometime in September 2007, Wong told them that he knew the director of the company that had the lease of a plot of land at Yung Ho Road. He invited them to invest in the project, through Manor, for him to build a commercial building on it.
After the trio had given Wong $180,000, being 20 per cent of the "option to purchase'' the land worth $900,000, Wong encashed the cheque.
Despite repeated requests, he failed to deliver the documents pertaining to the payment.
In April 2008, he told them that the investment was unsuccessful and promised to return the $180,000.
Wong also cheated the trio of $240,000 for preferential shares in a listed company called Advance Modules. He had claimed that he was arranging for a deal with the company and that the shares would rise to 50 cents a share from the market price of 15 cents.
He later told the trio that he could not secure the purchase of the shares and promised to return the $240,000.
The court heard that he neither had the ability to secure any preferential shares nor have any such shares.
Wong has made partial restitution of about $200,000.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Hon Yi will present his submissions on sentence while defence counsel Edmond Pereira will mitigate on Wong's behalf on April 26.
Cheat who posed as Wong Kan Seng's brother gets jail term
Serial cheat Wong Kok Keong, alias Wong Kock Khiang, 63, is out on $30,000 bail pending his appeal against his sentence.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published May 14, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
41/2-year sentence for man who cheated victims of $520,000 in total
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
A self-employed man who conned his victims into believing that he was the brother of then Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng was sentenced to 41/2 years' jail yesterday for cheating them of a total of $520,000.
Wong Kok Keong, alias Wong Kock Khiang, 63, is out on $30,000 bail pending his appeal against the sentence. He had admitted to three cheating charges, with six other charges, mostly for obtaining credit while being an undischarged bankrupt, taken into consideration.
On Sept 27, 2007, he cheated three directors of Manor Construction by deceiving them into believing that he was the brother of then DPM Wong. He induced them to give him $180,000, which was 20 per cent of the "option to purchase'' price for a property in Yung Ho Road.
A month later, he duped them into handing over another $240,000 to buy preferential shares in a company. He has since returned $209,000 to Manor, leaving an outstanding balance of $211,000.
In 2011, he cheated Mr Chiam Teck Hwa, 48, by making him believe that he was DPM Wong's brother and saying he would invest the victim's $50,000 in a company, along with his own money.
Wong has paid Mr Chiam back, as well as a similar sum to one Tan Teik Chin, but this charge was considered during his sentencing.
In Mr Chiam's case, Wong claimed he had a project to set up a company to run dialysis centre units in a hospital group and in Marine Parade. After Mr Chiam handed a cheque for $50,000 to Wong, he found out through a search that there was no record of the company, Grace Asset Management. He also found out that Wong was not related to DPM Wong and asked for his money back.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Hon Yi said the amounts involved were substantial, and that Wong was motivated by personal profit. Calling him a serial cheat, he said Wong resurrected his old methods and perpetrated the same scam on the victims. In 2003, Wong was jailed for 53 months for cheating, dishonest misappropriation and obtaining credit as a bankrupt.
Wong's lawyer Edmond Pereira said his client's ill health in recent years had resulted in increasing medical costs. His finances were crippled because his businesses had failed due to the adverse publicity. He said the father of three was remorseful and had cooperated with the authorities.
Wong could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined for each of the 2007 offences; and jailed for up to 10 years and fined for the 2011 offence.
