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Malaysian jailed 2 years for using counterfeit credit card
By Ng Jing Yng | Posted: 21 October 2010 1911 hrs
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SINGAPORE : A Malaysian was sentenced on Thursday to two years' jail for making fraudulent purchases with a counterfeit credit card.
Chan Chee Woon, 30, was convicted of using the fake credit card to purchase a Rolex watch worth more than S$9,000.
The court heard that Chan, an odd job worker, had run into an 8,000-ringgit debt in Malaysia and had agreed to commit the crime to cancel his debt.
On August 3, he arrived in Singapore and was accompanied by an unknown man to make their purchase at Hour Glass in Ngee Ann City.
When Chan first tried to pay using a Citibank Visa Gold credit card, it was rejected by the system. He then presented a forged Chase Bank Visa credit card that was accepted.
Chan was subsequently detained in the shop while the unknown accomplice escaped.
Chan had conspired with unknown accomplices from a Malaysian syndicate to cheat the store.
District Judge Eddy Tham said the court took a serious view of such offences and warned others not to resort to such means to solve their financial woes.
Chan could have been jailed up to 15 years and fined.
- CNA/al
