2 jailed for stealing

[Da Ji]

Jun 3, 2010
2 jailed for stealing

<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong

TWO former executives of Mustafa were each jailed for 12 months on Thursday for stealing almost $36,000 worth of mobile phones from their employer. K.A. Syed Buhari, 41, then an accounts executive, and Indian national Abubackar Tajudeen, 38, then a retail operations executive, pleaded guilty to the theft from Mustafa Centre at Syed Alwi Road between Jan 19 and Feb 9.

Both men had made full restitution to the company. Another similar theft charge involving eight phones amounting to $2,895 was taken into consideration during sentencing. These phones were recovered. A third former employee, Seeni Kader Ibrahim, 22, has been charged, and his case will come up again next Friday.

 

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Ex-Mustafa workers jailed


Jun 4, 2010
Ex-Mustafa workers jailed

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> TWO former executives of Mustafa were yesterday jailed a year each for stealing $35,995 worth of cellphones from the 24-hour shopping mall. K.A. Syed Buhari, 41, then an accounts executive, and Indian national Abubackar Tajudeen, 38, then a retail operations executive, hatched a plan which relied on the very nature of their respective jobs to work. Tajudeen, who supervised the counter selling cellphones, would remove the phones from stock, and then pass information on the models and number of units to Buhari, who amended the stock quantity electronically in the store's inventory so the stolen phones would not be missed.

After this was done, the pair used accomplices to move the stolen goods out of the store in Syed Alwi Road. This went on between Jan 19 and Feb 9. Both men have since been fired, but have repaid the loss to the company. Deputy Public Prosecutor Darren Goh said their modus operandi was uncovered when a security officer noticed one of their accomplices, Seeni Kader Ibrahim, 22, collecting three sealed plastic bags from Tajudeen and leaving without paying. Seeni was detained and the police were called in.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of the Straits Times.