Woman charged with 68 counts of cheating and forgery

[General Kala]

Jan 12, 2011

Woman charged with 68 counts of cheating and forgery

By Elena Chong

A FORMER sales manager was charged in court on Wednesday with cheating her boss of $134,200 and making false tax invoices.

Chan Yoke Lan, 35 was with Regional Design & Contracts, a furniture specialist, when she allegedly deceived the owner, Mr Yam Kok Wai, on 39 occasions into believing that she needed cash to buy furniture for clients between July 2009 and June last year.

She also faces 29 charges of forgery allegedly committed at the Race Course Road premises between November 2009 and May last year.

Chan, who was represented by Mr Tan Cheng Kiong, will appear in court again on Feb 9.

If convicted of cheating, she can be jailed for up to 10 years and a fine on each charge.

For forgery, the maximum penalty is four years and a fine.

 

[Toshiie Maeda]

Jun 24, 2011

Woman jailed for cheating and forgery

By Elena Chong

A WOMAN who cheated her ex-employer of $134,200 and forged tax invoices was jailed for eight months on Friday. Chan Yoke Lan, 35, was also ordered to pay compensation of $23,950 to the victim.

A former sales manager of Regional Design & Contracts, Chan admitted to 10 counts of cheating and five forgery offences committed in 2009 and 2010.

A district court heard that her boss, Mr Yam Kok Wai, 41, gave her money to buy furniture from suppliers at a lower price and to then sell to clients for a profit.

Chan, who was in need of money, lied to Mr Yam that there were clients who wanted to buy furniture from the company, and deceived him into releasing cash and cash cheques to her between September 2009 and May 2010.

The court heard that in October 2009, Chan asked for cash of $6,900 to buy furniture. Suspicious, Mr Yam asked her for tax invoices as proof of purchases from the company which had sold her the furniture.

She then approached her ex-husband and got permission to use the name of his company - KK Far East - which was no longer operational at the time. She created a fake invoice format using a spreadsheet and started issuing forged tax invoices she had created as proof of the fake purchases.

Chan, now unemployed, could have been jailed for up to 10 years on each charge of cheating, and up to four years on each charge of forgery.

 

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