25-05-2022, 12:00 AM
SINGAPORE: A woman who lied and forged a retrenchment letter from her employer to qualify for COVID-19 grants amounting to S$4,000 was jailed for seven months on Monday (Sep 13).
Tiong Shi Lin, 32, successfully cheated the system twice by lying on her application forms and forging a retrenchment letter, according to court documents.
She pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating and one count of forgery.
After she was terminated from a company last February, she started her next job as an administrative and accounts assistant in the human resources department of a software company in April the same year.
On May 5, Tiong applied for the COVID-19 support grant, declaring that she had been unemployed since Feb 2, 2020.
“She knew that she did not meet the eligibility criteria to apply for the COVID-19 support grant, as from April 2020 onwards she was employed by Assurance Technology,” court documents read.
Eligible applicants received three consecutive monthly payments based on their last-drawn monthly income, subject to a cap of $800 per month for those who had lost their job.
However, as she did not provide sufficient supporting documents showing her loss of employment, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) rejected her application two weeks later.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...?cid=FBcna&fbclid=IwAR1iQYPpbjXArQwxla8mr0g0OiogvnGVVJcqlQTH_2Swjk6yyoHmYBHgMDw
Tiong Shi Lin, 32, successfully cheated the system twice by lying on her application forms and forging a retrenchment letter, according to court documents.
She pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating and one count of forgery.
After she was terminated from a company last February, she started her next job as an administrative and accounts assistant in the human resources department of a software company in April the same year.
On May 5, Tiong applied for the COVID-19 support grant, declaring that she had been unemployed since Feb 2, 2020.
“She knew that she did not meet the eligibility criteria to apply for the COVID-19 support grant, as from April 2020 onwards she was employed by Assurance Technology,” court documents read.
Eligible applicants received three consecutive monthly payments based on their last-drawn monthly income, subject to a cap of $800 per month for those who had lost their job.
However, as she did not provide sufficient supporting documents showing her loss of employment, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) rejected her application two weeks later.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...?cid=FBcna&fbclid=IwAR1iQYPpbjXArQwxla8mr0g0OiogvnGVVJcqlQTH_2Swjk6yyoHmYBHgMDw