Sharp boss spots gold cheat
October 17, 2012 - 12:52am
By: Elizabeth Law
TNP PHOTO: Benjamin Seetor
He entered Singapore illegally and cheated 13 pawnshops of $54,100.
Shahabudeen, 39, an Indian national, was jailed yesterday for one and a half years and ordered to receive four strokes of the cane.
He admitted to nine cheating charges and one count of entering the country without a valid pass.
Shahabudeen committed the offences in May and June.
The New Paper spoke to one of the pawnshops he targeted and found that he twice managed to pawn chains made of mixed metals that were thickly plated with gold.
But the third time he came, the pawnshop owner recognised the type of chain and did a test which showed that it was not pure gold.
Shahabudeen was alert to the delay and fled from the shop. He was caught 23 days later.
Read the full report in The New Paper on Wednesday (Oct 17).
