The Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases.
On 16 November 2020, the Police received a report from a representative of an online delivery platform alleging the suspect to have on two separate occasions impersonated himself as representative of two different corporate companies. He made a total of 884 fraudulent orders amounting to more than $172,000 from their online delivery platform between January and August 2020 and did not make any payments for the orders delivered.
On 30 November 2020, the Police received another report that the suspect had committed an e-commerce scam via an e-commerce platform by deceiving the victim to deliver luxury apparels amounting to $3,000 without making any payment.
Through investigations, officers from Central Police Division arrested the man on 4 December 2020. Goods and luxury apparels amounting to more than $8000, were recovered from the possession and the criminal proceeds in the suspect’s bank account, about S$2,500 were seized.
The man will be charged in court on 5 December 2020 for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224 carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years, and a fine.
The Police have zero tolerance towards such criminal acts and will not hesitate to take action against those who blatantly disregard the law.
For more information on scams, members of the public can visit scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688. Anyone with information on such scams may call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
05 December 2020 @ 1:15 AM