Ex-SCDF director charged with misappropriating iPads
62-year-old faces maximum penalty of life imprisonment for criminal breach of trust; Former IT director obtained two iPad2s from vendor and sold one, gave the other to his daughter
PUBLISHED: 19 DECEMBER, 2:04 PM
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SINGAPORE — A former director of the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s Technology Department was charged today (Dec 19) with two counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT).
Jeganathan Ramasamy, 62, faces two counts of misappropriating two Apple iPad2 in September 2011. The iPads were valued at nearly S$940 each.
He allegedly gave one iPad to his daughter for her personal use, and was said to have sold the other to a colleague for S$200.
It’s understood that Jeganathan had obtained the two iPads from NCS Pte Ltd, which is one of the main IT vendors of SCDF. Jeganathan, a civilian officer, dealt with NCS as the director of the SCDF’s technology department.
The two iPads were said to have been delivered to Jeganathan’s office at Ubi Avenue and meant for testing of mobile applications.
If convicted, Jeganathan faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a fine. CHANNEL NEWSASIA