Why is the offender's age not stated??
May 26, 2010
Cheater jailed 30 months
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Lim was jailed a total of 30 months by District Judge Ng Peng Hong after pleading guilty to two counts of cheating; and one charge each of procuring a woman to prostitute herself and having commercial sex with a minor under 18. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
<!-- story content : start --> POSING as a woman running a social escort business, he trawled the Internet for young women, enticing them with money in return for sexual sevices for 'clients'. Lim Jun Chieh's offer, of as much as $20,000 for the full works including two rounds of sex, proved too tempting for at least eight women who fell for his scam. In all, he cheated two women and bedded six others, including a 16-year-old girl who was promised payment of $5,000 for sex.
Most ended up having intercourse with him without realising that he was behind the advertisements for social escorts on the Internet. On Wednesday, Lim was jailed a total of 30 months by District Judge Ng Peng Hong after pleading guilty to two counts of cheating; and one charge each of procuring a woman to prostitute herself and having commercial sex with a minor under 18. He committed the offences over a three-year period, starting from July 2007, less than a year after his release from prison for similar offences.
His modus operandi involved an elaborate act in which he posed as multiple women - Ling, Pink, Lingling and Madeline - to win the trust of his victims. Lim used the social networking Internet site Friendster as the base of his operations.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
