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Mar 11, 2010
Rental car scammer jailed
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A YOUNG man was jailed for 42 months by a district court on Thursday over a car rental scam. Allen Tan Wei Loon, 22, who admitted to eight charges of mostly cheating, was banned from driving for four years for driving without a licence and insurance coverage. The total amount he cheated was about $134,000, of which $112,000 had been paid back. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Khoo said last August, Tan responded to an online message to rent Ms Lim Lay Lan's car. After taking the car, he cheated the 50-year-old into believing that he would use the $2,725 she had transferred to his account to pay for road tax and insurance. The following month, he deceived Mr Tan Keng Hwee, 32, into believing that he would rent his Suzuki car, and pay a monthly rental, insurance and road tax totalling $2,679.
He did not pay a single cent. On Aug 29, Mr Tan Jun Yong, 22, was looking for a car to rent when saw the accused's advertisement on the Internet. The victim was deceived into transferring $1,680 to Tan's bank account after he was duped into believing that the accused had a Mazda RX8 car for rent. The DPP said in another case, Tan made Ms Ng See Wee, 29, believe that he would pay her $1,194 a month to rent her $57,000 Mazda RX8 car. After collecting the car, he did not pay her a cent. Instead, he rented the car to Mr Eric Ng Kian Seng, 27, who transferred a total of $6,500 for four months' rental and a deposit. Mr Ng drove for two months before it went missing. He later found out that the car did not belong to Tan and that the owner had taken it back.
Mar 11, 2010
Rental car scammer jailed
<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
<!-- end by line -->
A YOUNG man was jailed for 42 months by a district court on Thursday over a car rental scam. Allen Tan Wei Loon, 22, who admitted to eight charges of mostly cheating, was banned from driving for four years for driving without a licence and insurance coverage. The total amount he cheated was about $134,000, of which $112,000 had been paid back. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Khoo said last August, Tan responded to an online message to rent Ms Lim Lay Lan's car. After taking the car, he cheated the 50-year-old into believing that he would use the $2,725 she had transferred to his account to pay for road tax and insurance. The following month, he deceived Mr Tan Keng Hwee, 32, into believing that he would rent his Suzuki car, and pay a monthly rental, insurance and road tax totalling $2,679.
He did not pay a single cent. On Aug 29, Mr Tan Jun Yong, 22, was looking for a car to rent when saw the accused's advertisement on the Internet. The victim was deceived into transferring $1,680 to Tan's bank account after he was duped into believing that the accused had a Mazda RX8 car for rent. The DPP said in another case, Tan made Ms Ng See Wee, 29, believe that he would pay her $1,194 a month to rent her $57,000 Mazda RX8 car. After collecting the car, he did not pay her a cent. Instead, he rented the car to Mr Eric Ng Kian Seng, 27, who transferred a total of $6,500 for four months' rental and a deposit. Mr Ng drove for two months before it went missing. He later found out that the car did not belong to Tan and that the owner had taken it back.
