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18-11-2021, 10:00 AM
A woman submitted fraudulent baggage delay claims in 2018 and received payouts totalling nearly $31,000 from multiple insurance companies.
Wendy Tan Phiak Sim, 46, who had posed as her husband and daughter to commit the offences, was sentenced to 14 months' jail after pleading guilty yesterday to five counts of cheating.
The court heard that the Singaporean had taken a trip to South Korea in November 2017 and received a letter from Cathay Pacific Airways over her delayed baggage.
As part of her ruse, the following year, she brought travel insurance before entering her own name and those travel insurance before entering her own name and those of her husband and daughter in the "insured person particulars" field the certificate of insurance. The pair were not aware of Tan's scam, the court heard.
Tan then use her daughter's desktop computer to fabricate a baggage delay confirmation letter....
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper.
Wendy Tan Phiak Sim, 46, who had posed as her husband and daughter to commit the offences, was sentenced to 14 months' jail after pleading guilty yesterday to five counts of cheating.
The court heard that the Singaporean had taken a trip to South Korea in November 2017 and received a letter from Cathay Pacific Airways over her delayed baggage.
As part of her ruse, the following year, she brought travel insurance before entering her own name and those travel insurance before entering her own name and those of her husband and daughter in the "insured person particulars" field the certificate of insurance. The pair were not aware of Tan's scam, the court heard.
Tan then use her daughter's desktop computer to fabricate a baggage delay confirmation letter....
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper.
