18-01-2022, 03:06 PM
Lydia Lam
18 Jan 2022 12:37PM
(Updated: 18 Jan 2022 02:05PM)
SINGAPORE: A young man who was part of a group of cheats linked to a bank scam that swindled an elderly man of more than S$35,000 admitted on Tuesday (Jan 18) to scamming his co-scammer.
Ravivarthan, 20, pocketed S$5,000 handed to him by an accomplice. He pleaded guilty to one count each of receiving criminal proceeds and criminal breach of trust.
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The court heard that Ravivarthan was a 19-year-old student at ITE College Central at the time of the offences. His four co-accused knew each other either through school or a former employer.
They are: Rufus Rakesh Kumar Kalaiselvan, 18; Emmanuel Raymond, 19; Kshan Pillai Ganesan Pillai, 20; and Mahendra Sakkaravarthi Samraj Ahsockan, 33.
In late July 2020, Mahendra asked Kshan to help him get a bank account to receive a transfer of S$10,000, in exchange for a commission.
KShan asked Rufus for help to find a bank account. Rufus, in turn, approached the accused.
Rufus received S$10,000 in his bank account. However, as he had a withdrawal limit of S$5,000, he transferred S$5,000 to Emmanuel.
Rufus and the accused had planned to scam Kshan of the S$5,000 in Rufus' bank account and keep it for themselves.
The accused, who had intended to cheat Rufus as well, told the latter to keep the money first when the sum was transferred to him.
He later told Rufus to transfer the money into a "safer account" that purportedly belonged to a person who was remanded. The "safer account" belonged instead to the accused's girlfriend.
Trusting the accused, Rufus transferred S$4,900 to the bank account that the accused provided.
Kshan soon realised that he was possibly being scammed and began threatening Rufus for the money. Afraid, Rufus told the accused, who told him to report Mahendra in order to get protection.
Rufus asked the accused to return the money to Kshan. The accused assured Rufus that he would, but he gambled away more than S$3,000 of the money. Only S$1,856 was recovered from his girlfriend's account.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...er-2442186
18 Jan 2022 12:37PM
(Updated: 18 Jan 2022 02:05PM)
SINGAPORE: A young man who was part of a group of cheats linked to a bank scam that swindled an elderly man of more than S$35,000 admitted on Tuesday (Jan 18) to scamming his co-scammer.
Ravivarthan, 20, pocketed S$5,000 handed to him by an accomplice. He pleaded guilty to one count each of receiving criminal proceeds and criminal breach of trust.
......
The court heard that Ravivarthan was a 19-year-old student at ITE College Central at the time of the offences. His four co-accused knew each other either through school or a former employer.
They are: Rufus Rakesh Kumar Kalaiselvan, 18; Emmanuel Raymond, 19; Kshan Pillai Ganesan Pillai, 20; and Mahendra Sakkaravarthi Samraj Ahsockan, 33.
In late July 2020, Mahendra asked Kshan to help him get a bank account to receive a transfer of S$10,000, in exchange for a commission.
KShan asked Rufus for help to find a bank account. Rufus, in turn, approached the accused.
Rufus received S$10,000 in his bank account. However, as he had a withdrawal limit of S$5,000, he transferred S$5,000 to Emmanuel.
Rufus and the accused had planned to scam Kshan of the S$5,000 in Rufus' bank account and keep it for themselves.
The accused, who had intended to cheat Rufus as well, told the latter to keep the money first when the sum was transferred to him.
He later told Rufus to transfer the money into a "safer account" that purportedly belonged to a person who was remanded. The "safer account" belonged instead to the accused's girlfriend.
Trusting the accused, Rufus transferred S$4,900 to the bank account that the accused provided.
Kshan soon realised that he was possibly being scammed and began threatening Rufus for the money. Afraid, Rufus told the accused, who told him to report Mahendra in order to get protection.
Rufus asked the accused to return the money to Kshan. The accused assured Rufus that he would, but he gambled away more than S$3,000 of the money. Only S$1,856 was recovered from his girlfriend's account.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...er-2442186