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Ex-security company manager jailed for cheating
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 19 July 2011 1917 hrs
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SINGAPORE: For two and a half years, a former operations manager of a security company cheated his then-employer into paying salary to his wife for work she did not perform.
Michael Loh Eng Choong, 46, also duped King's Security and Safety Management into making Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions to his wife, Madam Lai Lian Joon, within the same period.
Loh committed the offence between January 2006 and June 2008.
In all, the firm was deceived into making 27 salary payments, totalling S$21,800, into Madam Lai's bank account.
It also made the same number of employer contributions, totalling S$2,981, to her CPF account.
The court heard that Madam Lai was Loh's colleague in the company, where she worked as a part-time night shift security guard.
But Loh falsely reported that she also worked for the firm during the day even though she had a day job elsewhere.
Deputy public prosecutor Kwek Chin Yong said that as a result, King's Security paid Madam Lai for work she did not perform.
Defence counsel Kertar Singh told the court in his mitigation plea that his client did not benefit much from the offence as the payments were made to his wife.
He told district judge Jasbendar Kaur that Loh had also made full restitution and even sold his matrimonial home to do so.
Madam Lai and their children are now staying with her sister as Loh is now homeless, said Mr Singh.
The district court sentenced Loh to four weeks' jail on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 10 cheating charges.
Another 44 similar charges were also taken into consideration during sentencing.
- CNA/ck
