Ex-DBS exec on graft charges

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Oct 12, 2010
Ex-DBS exec on graft charges

By Elena Chong

A FORMER bank executive of DBS Bank was charged in court on Tuesday with 37 counts of corruption and seven counts of computer misuse. Sazaly Selamat, 39, is said to have corruptly accepted bribes totalling $2,625 from six individuals to divulge confidential customers' particulars from the bank's computer records to them.

The 37 alleged briberies took place between July 2005 and October 2006. The other charges state that he knowingly caused the computer at a workstation at Newton POSB Building to display data contained in the customer information system without the consent of the bank.

He asked for an adjournment to raise funds. His police bail of $10,000 was extended. He will appear in court on Nov 9. If convicted of corruption, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge. For computer misuse, the maximum penalty is a fine of up to $5,000 and two years' jail.

 

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Ex-DBS executive pleads guilty to graft
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 12 January 2011 1859 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A former DBS executive has pleaded guilty to corruption charges and accessing the bank's customer information system without authorisation.

Sazaly Selamat had accepted bribes totalling S$2,625 between July 2005 and October 2006.

He pleaded guilty to nine charges on Wednesday and 35 others were taken into consideration.

The 39-year-old used to work in the bank's technical and operations department and his main duty involved clearing customers' cheques.

As he was given access to the information system, he was able to retrieve data such as the bank customers' NRIC numbers, addresses and other contact details.

However, Sazaly was only authorised to access it for work-related matters and he was not allowed to disclose customers' personal information to third parties.

The court heard that due to financial difficulties, Sazaly defaulted on two months' instalments on his car loan in 2005.

As a result, repossessors were hired to tow away his car from his home.

That's when he met one of them, Alex Lian Teck Huat, who found out that Sazaly was working for DBS.

The repossessor asked him if he could obtain the particulars of the bank's customers in exchange for cash and he agreed.

Assistant Public Prosecutor S Puspha told the court that news soon spread about Sazaly's services.

She added that Sazaly even sold customers' personal information to shady characters including an illegal football bookie and a loanshark.

Sazaly will be sentenced on 26 January.

- CNA/ir

 

[Zuo Ci]

Jan 26, 2011

Man jailed for hawking customers' information

By Elena Chong

A FORMER bank executive who accepted bribes in return for divulging confidential customers' particulars on more than 30 occasions was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail and fined a total of $27,000 on Wednesday.

Sazaly Selamat, 40, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $2,625 being the total amount of bribes he took from various people July 2005 to October 2006.

He had admitted to seven counts of corruption involving $700 and two for accessing DBS Bank's customer information system without authority. Thirty-five other charges were considered during his sentencing.

The court heard that the offences came to light when a customer complained to the bank at Serangoon Gardens branch in September 2006 that a staff had given her particulars to a loanshark in exchange for payment of $100.

Sazaly had access to the customer database system for matters related to his duties and was not allowed to disclose the particulars of customers to third-parties.