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25 talents jailed for using fake degrees

Rogue Trader

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25 foreign workers jailed for forged academic certificates

POSTED: 21 Feb 2014 12:21

Twenty-five foreign employees have been sentenced to jail between four to 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore.

SINGAPORE: Twenty-five foreign employees have been sentenced to jail between four to 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore.

All 25 of them, comprising 21 men and four women, had pleaded guilty to the charges.

Sixteen were from Myanmar, seven from India and two from the Philippines.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the forged academic certificates were submitted to the Controller of Work Passes, which is an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.

MOM said this is the largest number of foreign employees prosecuted for the offence this year.

It added that the penalties are the most severe the court has meted out so far for the offence.

The accused persons obtained forged academic certificates in their home countries.

They used the certificates to apply for work passes between November 2, 2012 and June 7, 2013.

MOM said based on the false information submitted, the accused persons were issued 20 S Passes and five Employment Passes.

They did not possess the requisite university degree qualifications, and had knowingly used the forged academic certificates to mislead MOM to believe that they met the required educational criteria to obtain work passes.

MOM discovered that the certificates were forged following checks with the relevant certificate issuing institutions and respective foreign government departments.

The employers were also unaware that the foreign employees had submitted forged academic certificates for their work pass applications.

MOM said as there was no complicity on the part of the employers, no further action was taken against them.




- CNA/nd
 

laksaboy

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Does it matter? The forger of certificates was let off with a fine. :wink:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/fined-role-sale-forged-certificates


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Rogue Trader

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Why MOM is always supporting n defending the bastard Singapore employers ?

FT managers will always hire their own countrymen. Unless employers be made accountable, this hole will never be plugged. Companies must be brought to task for depress wages thru unfair hiring practices.
 

Leongsam

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Only 25???

I'll say they will have done a good job when they jail 250,000 and even then that number would represent the tip of the iceberg.
 

Rogue Trader

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Only 25???

I'll say they done a good job when they jail 250,000 and even then that number would represent the tip of the iceberg.

Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert!

Leongsam's ID has been hacked!
 

groinroot

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25 foreign workers jailed for forged academic certificates

POSTED: 21 Feb 2014 12:21



SINGAPORE: Twenty-five foreign employees have been sentenced to jail between four to 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore.

It added that the penalties are the most severe the court has meted out so far for the offence.

- CNA/nd

Four to 12 weeks jail is most severe? LOL
 

chootchiew

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Rogue Trader;1796057MOM said as there was no complicity on the part of the employers said:

MOM didn't know some employers even told them to use fake degree ? MOM didn't know some employers parkart with the fts to declare fake salary to qualify for the pass ? MOM must be sleeping on their job.
 

Scrooball (clone)

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Twenty-five foreign employees have been sentenced to jail between four to 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore.


How can 4 - 12 weeks of jail be a deterrent to using fake degrees? If they use fake degrees, they could easily get a job here that pays $5-6k per mth. If not caught, work here for 10 years and retire back in their shit hole countries.
 

halsey02

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MOM didn't know some employers even told them to use fake degree ? MOM didn't know some employers parkart with the fts to declare fake salary to qualify for the pass ? MOM must be sleeping on their job.

MOM did not know that 25 SINgaporeans were left "hanging" without a job & continue to pay their salaries...but, they know how to collect Levies & Fees...that, they can sacrifice the SINgaporeans...& designer chairs that will last 50 years...

Shouldn't the past minister in charge & the present be held accountable for this "isolated incident"..together with the labor chief!!:mad:
 

blindswordsman

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FT managers will always hire their own countrymen. Unless employers be made accountable, this hole will never be plugged. Companies must be brought to task for depress wages thru unfair hiring practices.

MOM should hold such employers accountable as accomplices for the scams or this kind of nonsense would never end. MOM is simply an inefficient outfit.
 

GoldenDragon

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Only 25???

I'll say they will have done a good job when they jail 250,000 and even then that number would represent the tip of the iceberg.

Yes you are right. This disease started in the mid-90s from what i know. Peaked in the late 90s. Not aware of status quo. Ministry had no dedicated team to looked into this abuse previously.
 
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