Man jailed over embezzlement of $264 and rental scam
Published on Sep 7, 2011
By Khushwant SinghOn the run from the police since October 2009, Ng Bak Chwee was arrested at Golden Star Hotel in Lorong 8 Geylang last month.
On Wednesday, the 38-year-old was jailed one week for misappropriating $264 from Kopitiam Investment.
He was also jailed two months for cheating two people of a total of $2,800 in rental scams.
A district court heard that Ng was the operations executive in charge of the Kopitiam outlet in Bras Basah Road in 2006 when he pocketed $264 he had collected from the sale of Kopitiam uniforms to tenants and the fees they had paid for a hygiene course.
Dismissed from his job and facing prosecution, Ng did not stay out of trouble. On Feb 7, 2009, he collected $1,500 from Chinese national Ding Zhen Yi, 29, as one month's rent for a flat in Yishun Avenue 5.
Less than two weeks later, he rented the same premises to another family and pocketed $1,300.
Ng admitted to the police he did not have any intention of renting out the flat that had been leased to him. Full restitution has been made.
