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Ex-SCDF director of technology found guilty of misappropriating two iPads
Jeganathan Ramasamy, former director of technology at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), who has been accused of misappropriating two iPads, apparently wanted to buy them.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published Oct 22, 2015, 1:38 pm SGT
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
SINGAPORE - A former director of technology at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was convicted of misappropriating two iPads on Thursday, after a 10-day trial.
Jeganathan Ramasamy, 63, who held the position from 2007 to 2012, had claimed trial to two charges of criminal breach of trust of two iPad 2 tablets, worth a total of $1,877, at SCDF headquarters at Ubi Avenue in September 2011.
As part of his work, he had to interact with major IT vendors of the SCDF, one of which was NCS.
He had obtained the two iPads from NCS at his office to test mobile applications that NCS was to develop for SCDF.
The prosecution's case is that the tablets were entrusted to him by NCS to the SCDF for the purpose of trial. Jeganathan then dishonestly misappropriated the iPad2s by giving one to his daughter and selling the other to his colleague Eric Yap, then SCDF senior director of emergency services, for $200. Commissioner Yap, 46, became SCDF head in 2012.
Jeganathan's defence is that his understanding was that he had been handed the iPad2s for him to buy them in his personal capacity.
District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said he found the evidence of the witnesses from NCS was substantially consistent - that there was no agreement for NCS then group general manager of the defence and homeland security department Wong Soon Nam, 52, to look into the possibility of helping Jeganathan get the iPad2s for his personal purchase.
He adjourned the case to Nov 16 for Deputy Public Prosecutor Hon Yi to make his submission on sentence and mitigation by defence lawyer Sanjiv Rajan.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 20 years' jail and a fine.
Ex-SCDF technology director gets 10 weeks for misappropriating two iPads
Jeganathan Ramasamy was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail for misappropriating two iPads from SCDF.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published 16 Nov 2015
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
SINGAPORE - A senior public servant convicted of misappropriating two iPads was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail on Monday (Nov 16).
Jeganathan Ramasamy was director of the technology department at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) when he obtained the iPad 2s - worth almost $1,900 in total - from communications company NCS.
He was meant to use them to test mobile applications that NCS was developing for the SCDF. However, he gave one to his daughter and sold the other for $200 to Mr Eric Yap Wee Teck, the current SCDF head who at the time was its senior director of emergency services.
Jeganathan, 63,who held his position from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of two charges of criminal breach of trust of the iPad 2 at SCDF headquarters at Ubi Avenue in September 2011 after a 10-day trial. He is appealing against his conviction.
After he received the iPads, he sent a message on Sept 26 that year to NCS' then group general manager Wong Soon Nam saying: "Tell me the amount I have to pay."
Mr Wong replied that the iPad 2 "is meant for all the new mobile apps that we are rolling out for SCDF and for you to trial".
In his brief oral grounds last month, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said all three NCS witnesses recalled clearly that Jeganathan had shown some interest in the iPad 2.
They also remembered that he had been told categorically that he would not be able to obtain the iPad at the NCS staff discounted price.
The judge said he could not see how Jeganathan could have been the only one in that Sept 7 meeting who had misunderstood.
Jeganathan claimed he had been handed the iPad 2s for him to buy them in his personal capacity, even though he did not pay any money for them.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Hon Yi had sought a sentence of 10 to 12 weeks' jail, citing aggravating factors such as lack of professional integrity, public disquiet and damage to the SCDF's reputation, and loss of confidence in the integrity of the supply and trial process.
Bail of $15,000 has been granted. The maximum penalty for the offence is 20 years' jail and a fine.
