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What kind of ranjiao name is 'Rajadi Rajasinghe Manamendra Patabadilage Vishwa Madavi,' - want to aim for Guinness Book of World records?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/student-jail-fake-saf-bulk-order-scam-bank-account-5379556
SINGAPORE: A foreign student in need of money sold her bank account details for cash. It was later used to funnel almost S$18,000 (US$13,980) in scam proceeds, with most of the money coming from a fake Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) bulk order scam.
Rajadi Rajasinghe Manamendra Patabadilage Vishwa Madavi, a 22-year-old Sri Lankan, was sentenced to jail for three months and two weeks. She was also fined S$1,100. If she does not pay the fine, she will have to serve three days' jail in default.
She pleaded guilty to one count under the Computer Misuse Act of of abetting an unknown person by giving her bank login details to them for an illegal purpose.
This is the first time a person linked to a spate of bulk order scams by people impersonating personnel from the SAF has been sentenced, and the first time the details of how the scam worked came to light.
Rajadi obtained the contact details from her friends and sold her DBS account details to him for S$1,100.
After relinquishing her account to the person, more than S$30,000 was deposited in the account and later withdrawn.
The amount includes a sum of S$16,000 from a 59-year-old Singaporean victim who owns Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant.
The victim received a phone call from a man identifying himself as Marcus on Sep 2.
He claimed to be calling from Stagmont Camp and requested to place an order for 150 biryani meals worth S$2,325 from the victim's restaurant.
Marcus said he would collect the order two days later and pay upon collection.
The victim accepted the order and liaised with Marcus periodically in the following days about the preparation.
On the morning of Sep 4, Marcus contacted the victim and asked him to buy 40 ready-to-eat meals from a person called Kelvin, a distributor for such meals, on Marcus' behalf.
Marcus claimed he needed help as there was "a lengthy process within the army for him to obtain approval" to buy such meals directly from Kelvin.
Marcus promised to pay the victim for the 40 meals together with the 150 biryani orders when he collected the food later that day.
The victim agreed and ordered 40 ready-to-eat meals from Kelvin, whose contact details were provided by Marcus.
Kelvin insisted that he be paid S$8,000 to confirm the order, and the victim did so via PayNow. Kelvin said the meals would be delivered later that day.
Marcus then contacted the victim again and asked him to order 80 more such meals from Kelvin. The victim did so and paid another S$16,000 to Kelvin on Kelvin's request.
At about 5pm on Sep 4, Marcus asked the victim to order more meals from Kelvin.
This time, the victim noted that Marcus had not collected the biryani. The ready-to-eat meals had also not been delivered by Kelvin.
Suspecting he had fallen for a scam, the victim lodged a police report.
Of the sum that went through Rajadi's bank account, another S$1,980 was from a 48-year-old female scam victim who had received a WhatsApp message asking for a loan from a person posing as her cousin.
The WhatsApp account had been compromised.
The police froze Rajadi's DBS account on Sep 4 with about S$89 inside.
The prosecutor sought a sentence of between three-and-a-half and four months' jail and a fine of S$1,100 to disgorge the profit Rajadi had made by giving up her bank account.
She said she was very sorry for what she did, and that she did not know the gravity of the offence at the time.
"I ran into financial difficulties. My mother was a heart patient and she was unable to send me money," she said.
"I had no choice, I borrowed from friends. However, they threatened me, then some of my friends suggested selling the bank account details, I agreed."
She said she was deeply remorseful.
"Your honour, I came here to study. I have disappointed my mother. Please give me a chance," said Rajadi, pleading for the minimum sentence.
In sentencing, the judge noted the prevalence of scams and related offences.
For disclosing her bank account login details for an illegal purpose, Rajadi could have been jailed for up to seven years, fined up to S$50,000, or both.
Source: CNA/ll(mi)
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What kind of ranjiao name is 'Rajadi Rajasinghe Manamendra Patabadilage Vishwa Madavi,' - want to aim for Guinness Book of World records?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/student-jail-fake-saf-bulk-order-scam-bank-account-5379556
Student whose bank account was used in fake SAF bulk order scams gets jail, in first such sentencing
The woman sold her bank account details to an unknown person, purportedly from Sri Lanka, for S$1,100.SINGAPORE: A foreign student in need of money sold her bank account details for cash. It was later used to funnel almost S$18,000 (US$13,980) in scam proceeds, with most of the money coming from a fake Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) bulk order scam.
Rajadi Rajasinghe Manamendra Patabadilage Vishwa Madavi, a 22-year-old Sri Lankan, was sentenced to jail for three months and two weeks. She was also fined S$1,100. If she does not pay the fine, she will have to serve three days' jail in default.
She pleaded guilty to one count under the Computer Misuse Act of of abetting an unknown person by giving her bank login details to them for an illegal purpose.
This is the first time a person linked to a spate of bulk order scams by people impersonating personnel from the SAF has been sentenced, and the first time the details of how the scam worked came to light.
THE CASE
Rajadi faced financial difficulties in September this year and her friends told her about an unknown person, purportedly from Sri Lanka, whom she could sell her bank account details to for money.Rajadi obtained the contact details from her friends and sold her DBS account details to him for S$1,100.
After relinquishing her account to the person, more than S$30,000 was deposited in the account and later withdrawn.
The amount includes a sum of S$16,000 from a 59-year-old Singaporean victim who owns Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant.
The victim received a phone call from a man identifying himself as Marcus on Sep 2.
He claimed to be calling from Stagmont Camp and requested to place an order for 150 biryani meals worth S$2,325 from the victim's restaurant.
Marcus said he would collect the order two days later and pay upon collection.
The victim accepted the order and liaised with Marcus periodically in the following days about the preparation.
On the morning of Sep 4, Marcus contacted the victim and asked him to buy 40 ready-to-eat meals from a person called Kelvin, a distributor for such meals, on Marcus' behalf.
Marcus claimed he needed help as there was "a lengthy process within the army for him to obtain approval" to buy such meals directly from Kelvin.
Marcus promised to pay the victim for the 40 meals together with the 150 biryani orders when he collected the food later that day.
The victim agreed and ordered 40 ready-to-eat meals from Kelvin, whose contact details were provided by Marcus.
Kelvin insisted that he be paid S$8,000 to confirm the order, and the victim did so via PayNow. Kelvin said the meals would be delivered later that day.
Marcus then contacted the victim again and asked him to order 80 more such meals from Kelvin. The victim did so and paid another S$16,000 to Kelvin on Kelvin's request.
At about 5pm on Sep 4, Marcus asked the victim to order more meals from Kelvin.
This time, the victim noted that Marcus had not collected the biryani. The ready-to-eat meals had also not been delivered by Kelvin.
Suspecting he had fallen for a scam, the victim lodged a police report.
Of the sum that went through Rajadi's bank account, another S$1,980 was from a 48-year-old female scam victim who had received a WhatsApp message asking for a loan from a person posing as her cousin.
The WhatsApp account had been compromised.
The police froze Rajadi's DBS account on Sep 4 with about S$89 inside.
The prosecutor sought a sentence of between three-and-a-half and four months' jail and a fine of S$1,100 to disgorge the profit Rajadi had made by giving up her bank account.
I HAVE DISAPPOINTED MY MOTHER: ACCUSED
Rajadi was remanded and made her mitigation plea through a Sinhalese interpreter.She said she was very sorry for what she did, and that she did not know the gravity of the offence at the time.
"I ran into financial difficulties. My mother was a heart patient and she was unable to send me money," she said.
"I had no choice, I borrowed from friends. However, they threatened me, then some of my friends suggested selling the bank account details, I agreed."
She said she was deeply remorseful.
"Your honour, I came here to study. I have disappointed my mother. Please give me a chance," said Rajadi, pleading for the minimum sentence.
In sentencing, the judge noted the prevalence of scams and related offences.
For disclosing her bank account login details for an illegal purpose, Rajadi could have been jailed for up to seven years, fined up to S$50,000, or both.
Source: CNA/ll(mi)
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