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Ho gets 10-year jail term for role in SLA fraud case
By S Ramesh | Posted: 14 January 2011 1603 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Ho Yen Teck, the former swimming instructor who pleaded guilty to his role in the Singapore Land Authority cheating case, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for each of the 21 charges he had pleaded guilty to.
However, the district judge also ordered that sentences in five of the charges are to run consecutively.
This would mean Ho will only have to serve a total of 10 years in jail.
His sentence has been backdated to October 6 last year - the day he was remanded.
He is the first of eight men to admit that he was part of the scam.
31-year-old Ho pleaded guilty to 21 charges on December 15 last year.
He originally faced 195 charges involving S$9,796,194 but the remaining ones were taken into consideration.
Ho had conspired with 40-year-old Koh Seah Wee and 37-year-old Lim Chai Meng to deceive the SLA into paying the monies to his seven sole proprietorships.
The accused did this by using fake invoices, without delivering any work to the agency.
The court heard that the SLA disbursed the payments between January 2008 and March 2009.
In his mitigation, Ho's lawyer Jackson Eng told District Judge Jasbendar Kaur that his client's role was a minor one in the conspiracy.
The lawyer pleaded for leniency saying the ruse was only able to succeed as Koh and Lim had abused their positions within the SLA.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Jean Chan, pressed for a deterrent sentence to "quell the public disquiet and unease that has been generated".
She told the court that the offences were committed against a public institution over a substantial period.
This resulted in a loss of what Ms Chan referred to as an "astronomically large sum of public funds".
She also highlighted that most of the agency's losses - some 80 per cent - were attributed to Ho's companies.
- CNA/fa
CPIB KAYLONG! Gave concession!:oIo::oIo::oIo:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1104702/1/.html
Ho gets 10-year jail term for role in SLA fraud case
By S Ramesh | Posted: 14 January 2011 1603 hrs
Photos 1 of 1
Related News
• Ho was "puppet" in SLA fraud case: defence
• SLA hit by $12m fraud involving two senior staff
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SINGAPORE: Ho Yen Teck, the former swimming instructor who pleaded guilty to his role in the Singapore Land Authority cheating case, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for each of the 21 charges he had pleaded guilty to.
However, the district judge also ordered that sentences in five of the charges are to run consecutively.
This would mean Ho will only have to serve a total of 10 years in jail.
His sentence has been backdated to October 6 last year - the day he was remanded.
He is the first of eight men to admit that he was part of the scam.
31-year-old Ho pleaded guilty to 21 charges on December 15 last year.
He originally faced 195 charges involving S$9,796,194 but the remaining ones were taken into consideration.
Ho had conspired with 40-year-old Koh Seah Wee and 37-year-old Lim Chai Meng to deceive the SLA into paying the monies to his seven sole proprietorships.
The accused did this by using fake invoices, without delivering any work to the agency.
The court heard that the SLA disbursed the payments between January 2008 and March 2009.
In his mitigation, Ho's lawyer Jackson Eng told District Judge Jasbendar Kaur that his client's role was a minor one in the conspiracy.
The lawyer pleaded for leniency saying the ruse was only able to succeed as Koh and Lim had abused their positions within the SLA.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Jean Chan, pressed for a deterrent sentence to "quell the public disquiet and unease that has been generated".
She told the court that the offences were committed against a public institution over a substantial period.
This resulted in a loss of what Ms Chan referred to as an "astronomically large sum of public funds".
She also highlighted that most of the agency's losses - some 80 per cent - were attributed to Ho's companies.
- CNA/fa
CPIB KAYLONG! Gave concession!:oIo::oIo::oIo:
