Man jailed 14 months for cheating 13 strangers and molesting student nurse
Published on Dec 06, 2012
By Khushwant Singh
He cheated 13 strangers of a total of $4,240 by spinning false stories of lucrative business deals or about a very ill family member. S. Ravindran Menon, 45, committed these offences between October 2009 and June this year. In between, he molested a student nurse.
On Thursday, he was jailed a total of 14 months for cheating and molestation.
A district court heard that on Oct 13, 2010, the jobless man approached cabby Lee Kuee Seng, 54, claiming to be a former passenger. Menon claimed that a friend from America wanted to hire a taxi for a few hours for $120 a day.
During the drive to Carlton Hotel, Menon borrowed $1,100 from the cabby so as to buy medicine for his friend from Mustafa Shopping Centre. Menon disappeared after going into the store.
Read the full report in The Straits Times.
