Singapore sentences a girl to 12 years in prison for cheating her boss and giving her $2.78 million

When the couple ran out of money, he borrowed A$1.1 million from his niece, who eventually reported the matter to authorities.

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My wife cannot now even afford to purchase a two-room apartment through the Housing Authority and live in a rented house.

James, a 47-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of 5 counts of fraud last week. Seven other similar charges were taken into consideration when imposing the sentence.

It didn’t pay the victim any compensation.

She will begin serving her sentence on April 16 after asking for time to look after her children and mother, and stays free on A$100,000 bail.

She pleaded guilty midway through the trial, which was delayed because she claimed she was affected by an asthma attack and couldn’t breathe.

District Judge Shawn Ho told the court Wednesday that it was a “heartbreaking case.”

Due to the stress of the case, the victim suffered a stroke and almost divorced his wife. He is currently affected by cancer.

His wife’s mental condition deteriorated, so she sought psychiatric help, but needed to discontinue treatment because they might not afford to pay the medical bills. Their daughter also hurt herself.

The judge noted that James sent the victim a whole lot of faux emails and “made up an elaborate lie.”

“You defrauded the victim 2,253 times over almost 10 years,” he added.

The court previously heard that James began working for an unidentified real estate company in around 2006, reporting to the victim.

In 2008, she began to have financial difficulties and faced bankruptcy. She hatched a plan to defraud the victim, whose name was redacted from court documents.

James told the victim she was bankrupt and lied to him that the Insolvency and Public Trust Office (IPTO) had retained funds in her bankruptcy estate.

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She asked the victim for assist in paying various alleged fees to IPTO in order that IPTO would transfer the funds to her.

The man believed James and gave her a sum of cash. Over time, James demanded more money from him, telling him she would pay him back all the cash he had given her once IPTO released funds from her bankruptcy estate.

The victim believed she needed to proceed to provide money to James as she stated she wouldn’t find a way to pay back the cash he had already given to her unless IPTO released her funds and he desired to get well significant amounts.

James also created fictitious emails from government agencies akin to IPTO and the Ministry of Law to corroborate her lies.

In the cast emails, government agencies allegedly claimed various fees owed to IPTO.

James also created fake emails from the Attorney General’s Chambers and judges akin to Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon asking them to proceed paying fees to IPTO.

She told the victim that if he stopped paying the cash, the funds he had already amassed could be confiscated and he wouldn’t find a way to get them back.

She warned him to not report the matter, saying that the IPTO would confiscate her funds if it discovered he was helping her and he wouldn’t find a way to get any of his a reimbursement.

Over a period of over nine years, from May 2008 to October 2017, the victim transferred S$3,677,537.03 to James in 2,253 transactions.

James used the cash to repay loans from loan sharks and settle his personal expenses.

On Wednesday, District Judge Ho said that although James had no previous convictions, she couldn’t be considered a first-time offender on account of her multiple offenses.

He added that given the mitigating aspects, she saved resources by pleading guilty, but that got here after several days of trial. She also dropped three mentions of a guilty plea.

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James’ lawyer, Mohamed Baiross of IRB Law, told the court she was sorry for her behavior and didn’t intend to downplay what she had done.

“My client doesn’t have much to say in court about her remorse,” said Baiross, who sought nine years in prison for his client.

“She is amazingly sorry and understands what happened to the victim, and yet she stands in court and states that she deserves at the least some mercy and understanding.”

Deputy prosecutor Edwin Soh asked for 12 and a half years in prison. He told the court that the victim needed to go to court on different trial days, wait for hours and never know whether the trial would proceed due to James’ visits to hospital.

“The defendant’s crimes were extremely heinous and destroyed the lives of the victim and her relations,” the prosecutor added.

“Despite the enormous harm she caused, she showed no remorse.”

For each count of cheating, James could have faced as much as 10 years in prison and a advantageous.