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Eeleen Ang Ee Ling, 29, stole a bag containing a bank book.
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A COUPLE tried to trick a bank teller from the Geylang Serai branch of Maybank to hand them $7,500 by making a withdrawal from a stolen bank book.
When that failed, they moved on to another branch in People's Park Centre, where they managed to get the money.
Eeleen Ang Ee Ling, 29, had used her right thumbprint on a withdrawal slip to deceive the bank employee into believing she was actually a woman who is about 20 years older - Madam Lai Sieu Choon, 48.
Ang and her boyfriend Yap Eng Heng, 29, an odd-job worker, had been sitting at a table beside Madam Lai in a coffee shop in Geylang on Dec 15 last year.
Madam Lai had placed her handbag that contained her wallet, bank book, identity card, cash and other items worth a total of $1,305 on the table.
Ang, then a part-time hostess, later snatched the handbag and fled. She checked into a hotel and called Yap, who suggested that they withdraw money from the victim's bank account.
At Maybank's Chinatown branch, Yap took a withdrawal slip, wrote $7,595 on it and asked Ang to place her thumbprint on it. At the counter, Ang handed over the stolen passbook and identity card to the staff before excusing herself to go to the toilet while Yap waited.
The couple spent the money they got on illegal gambling and food and drinks, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Moses Tan. Yesterday, Ang was jailed for four months after pleading guilty to theft and cheating.
Yap was jailed for three years and four months and given 12 strokes of the cane for cheating and robbery. His sentence included the punishment for a separate case that occurred on March 2, while he was out on bail.
At Lorong 8 Geylang, Yap had picked a fight with a businessman for staring at his girlfriend. During the argument, Yap hurled vulgarities and punched him. The victim ran, pursued by Yap. When the victim fell near a petrol kiosk, Yap rained punches on him and snatched his sling bag that contained $2,634 worth of property. Yap then fled with his girlfriend.
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Eeleen Ang Ee Ling, 29, stole a bag containing a bank book.
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A COUPLE tried to trick a bank teller from the Geylang Serai branch of Maybank to hand them $7,500 by making a withdrawal from a stolen bank book.
When that failed, they moved on to another branch in People's Park Centre, where they managed to get the money.
Eeleen Ang Ee Ling, 29, had used her right thumbprint on a withdrawal slip to deceive the bank employee into believing she was actually a woman who is about 20 years older - Madam Lai Sieu Choon, 48.
Ang and her boyfriend Yap Eng Heng, 29, an odd-job worker, had been sitting at a table beside Madam Lai in a coffee shop in Geylang on Dec 15 last year.
Madam Lai had placed her handbag that contained her wallet, bank book, identity card, cash and other items worth a total of $1,305 on the table.
Ang, then a part-time hostess, later snatched the handbag and fled. She checked into a hotel and called Yap, who suggested that they withdraw money from the victim's bank account.
At Maybank's Chinatown branch, Yap took a withdrawal slip, wrote $7,595 on it and asked Ang to place her thumbprint on it. At the counter, Ang handed over the stolen passbook and identity card to the staff before excusing herself to go to the toilet while Yap waited.
The couple spent the money they got on illegal gambling and food and drinks, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Moses Tan. Yesterday, Ang was jailed for four months after pleading guilty to theft and cheating.
Yap was jailed for three years and four months and given 12 strokes of the cane for cheating and robbery. His sentence included the punishment for a separate case that occurred on March 2, while he was out on bail.
At Lorong 8 Geylang, Yap had picked a fight with a businessman for staring at his girlfriend. During the argument, Yap hurled vulgarities and punched him. The victim ran, pursued by Yap. When the victim fell near a petrol kiosk, Yap rained punches on him and snatched his sling bag that contained $2,634 worth of property. Yap then fled with his girlfriend.
