The Police have arrested a 45 year-old woman for her suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases.
On 23 July 2020, the Police received a report from a victim who was purportedly cheated by an online buyer who pretended to have made payments to the victim for at least 24 transactions, between April and July 2020, by providing screenshots of doctored PayNow receipts to the victim. The victim trusted the buyer and sent the goods to the buyer without verifying further to confirm that that the money had indeed been transferred to the victim’s bank account. The victim only realised that she had not been receiving the money from the buyer when she tried to verify the last payment transfer in July 2020.
Through investigations, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the woman and arrested her on 21 August 2020.
The woman will be charged in court on 24 August 2020 with cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. The offence carries an imprisonment term that may extend to 10 years, and a fine.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
21 August 2020 @ 11:55 PM