Greedy lawyer $25,000 a month not enough

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Mar 22, 2010
Ex-lawyer jailed for forgery
By Khushwant Singh

Lim inflated his monthly pay from $25,000 to $65,000 when he moved from international law firm DLAS to Duane Morris LLP in January 2007. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

TO GET a higher salary, a lawyer inflated his monthly pay from $25,000 to $65,000 when he moved from international law firm DLAS to Duane Morris LLP in January 2007.

The forged payslip was discovered by his former colleagues checking the electronic records stored in the firm's computer server. On Monday, Rudy Lim, 37, was jailed two months for forgery.

He is appealing against the conviction and sentence and is out on $80,000 bail furnished by his father

District Judge Jill Tan found him guilty on March 12 after a
three-day trial. At the sentencing on Monday, the judge said that as a lawyer, Lim should have realised the gravity of making a fraudulent document and providing false information.

However, she noted that he had been punished in other aspects. He lost his job from March to May 2007, and was struck off from the roll of solicitors in the United Kingdom.

Lim, who was born in Indonesia, became a Singapore citizen in 1991. For forgery, he could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

So lawyer really earns a lot. It's an amount I can only imagine.

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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Very well said!

shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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This is a good one.

Sometimes, retribution comes fast for those deservedly blessed.

He might get into bigger trouble like esconding with clients' monies or other bigger crimes if he gets away with this one.

Now if he is smart enough to get himself connected with the network while in jail, he could be looking at providing lucrative legal advisory work when he exit from jail to ex-cons who wants to start doing legal businesses.

shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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It may have been more about ego and face than money.
For the rich, it usually is.

Thing is...nobody knows the difference between 40k...

Jabba said:

Thing is...nobody knows the difference between 40k...

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Are they still around? Many have always mistaken them as hongkie triad when they are actually taiwanese.

Talking about Singapore Lwayers,are they trustworthy? Recently, heard a secondary friend whose wife is a lawyer, fucking another man behind my friend's back. It was the first time, my friend forgave her and took her back. Second time round,again get caught fucking with the same man again. This time,my friend divorced her. He became a heavy drinker and smoker after that. sigh...

shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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Good quote of the day ....

Another variant:-

No salary is high enough to reflect the sense of self-worth & value of a megalomaniac....

High achievers' theory: the pay must reflect my value mah ....

Yo Prata! - kosong dua, bawang tamoh ?

When look for a job now, don't overstate your pay. the HR department people will do check with your last employer.
its funny now they are so strict. Last time when thousand of Ft come with fake CV they didn't catch.

"...This time,my friend divorced her. He became a heavy drinker and smoker after that. sigh.."

Don't get it, why should your friend self-destruct? Even if he is an old cow there are plenty of young tender grass around.

krafty said:

Talking about Singapore Lwayers,are they trustworthy? Recently, heard a secondary friend whose wife is a lawyer, fucking another man behind my friend's back. It was the first time, my friend forgave her and took her back. Second time round,again get caught fucking with the same man again. This time,my friend divorced her. He became a heavy drinker and smoker after that. sigh...

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shOUTloud said:

No amount is ever enough for those who cannot live within their means.

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hi there

1. bingo, the other thing is that it does not mean that million-dollar salaried there is zero corruption hoh!
2. even though all sheep are white sheep man!

I think my friend was utterly disappointed. If not,he will not have forgiven her for the first time.

SotongMee said:

"...This time,my friend divorced her. He became a heavy drinker and smoker after that. sigh.."

Don't get it, why should your friend self-destruct? Even if he is an old cow there are plenty of young tender grass around.

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Rudy Lim was sentenced to two months' jail. He is now out on bail. -- ST FILE PHOTO