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Jan 11, 2011
Man jailed 12 months for cheating offences
By Elena Chong
A FORMER property agent was jailed a total of 12 months on Tuesday for pocketing the rental deposits of clients, cheating and forgery.
Choo Kok Onn, 42, had admitted to three charges of criminal breach of trust as an agent, and one each of cheating and forgery. The total amount involved in the 14 charges against him was $19,353.
A district court heard that Choo would take the victims to view the flats for rental and misappropriate the deposits and advance rental payment given to him. The victims handed over between $2,200 and $3,586 between December 2009 and July last year.
In another case, Choo duped Ms Chen Yihong, 28, into handing over a total of $2,255 to him after making her believe that a unit at New Upper Changi Road was for rent when he knew that someone else had rented it.
Choo also forged the signature of his wife, Madam Sim Ah Wah, 28, on an OCBC cheque for $5,100 to pay to Mr Varathan Govindarajan, 35, one of his victims, in June last year. The cheque bounced when the victim tried to bank it in.
