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Nov 11, 2009
'Phantom worker' boss jailed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr></tbody></table>
LIM Chye Cheng decided to hoof it when he knew he was in trouble. The former boss of the SME group of companies, which provides cleaning services, was staring at 101 criminal charges accusing him of masterminding a phantom worker scam. He skipped town with his brother's passport and made his way to Malaysia, and then eventually to China, where he was caught and eventually repatriated to Singapore. On Wednesday, Lim, 53, was jailed 36 months - including a 12-month jail term for having his brother's passport without a reasonable excuse. The prosecution described him as the 'de facto boss' who was running the whole operation. Under his instructions, six companies under the SME group had applied for work permits for 153 foreign workers, after inflating the number of Singaporean workers on their payrolls.
It is assholes like him that contributed to Singaporeans unemployment rate! :oIo:
Nov 11, 2009
'Phantom worker' boss jailed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr></tbody></table>
LIM Chye Cheng decided to hoof it when he knew he was in trouble. The former boss of the SME group of companies, which provides cleaning services, was staring at 101 criminal charges accusing him of masterminding a phantom worker scam. He skipped town with his brother's passport and made his way to Malaysia, and then eventually to China, where he was caught and eventually repatriated to Singapore. On Wednesday, Lim, 53, was jailed 36 months - including a 12-month jail term for having his brother's passport without a reasonable excuse. The prosecution described him as the 'de facto boss' who was running the whole operation. Under his instructions, six companies under the SME group had applied for work permits for 153 foreign workers, after inflating the number of Singaporean workers on their payrolls.
It is assholes like him that contributed to Singaporeans unemployment rate! :oIo:
