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Ex-employment agent gets jail
Posted: 26 March 2012 2154 hrs
SINGAPORE: A former employment agent has been sentenced to four weeks' jail for abetting a false statement of S Pass holders' salaries.
This is the first time a custodial sentence has been meted out to an employment agent for abetting a false statement of S Pass holders' salaries.
Forty-three-year-old Singapore Permanent Resident Shokkanarayanan Ramakrishnan was a former employment agent (EA) of Islets Solutions Pte Ltd.
He faced four charges of intentionally aiding an employer to falsely over-declare the monthly salaries of four S Pass holders in their S Pass application and declaration forms.
In his capacity as an EA to the employer, Shokkanarayanan was aware of the criteria to qualify for an S Pass, and knew that payment of a minimum salary was one of the considerations for granting such a work pass.
However, Shokkanarayanan approached the employer and advised the employer to declare the false monthly salaries of the four S Pass holders.
He masterminded the offences and assisted to prepare and submit the S Pass applications.
Shokkanarayanan also prepared fake salary vouchers in an attempt to cover up, during investigations initiated. The scam was finally exposed during investigations.
For committing the above offences, Shokkanarayanan's EA licence was revoked on 24 October 2011 and his security deposit was forfeited.
Shokkanarayanan is on bail pending his appeal.
The Ministry of Manpower said in 2011, 78 employers were prosecuted and convicted of false declaration offences.
Four individuals and one company were also prosecuted and convicted of kickback offences in 2011.
- CNA/wk
