Clerk used company's blank cheques to pay for personal expenses
Nur Wahida Abdul Malik has been sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal breach of trust against the company Lotte Global Logistics Singapore, as reported in an article by Today Online.
Malik, who was employed as an accounts administrative clerk, was found to have taken a total of S$168,233 from Lotte Global Logistics Singapore after the managing director handed her several blank cheques to pay vendors while he was away.
According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Tung Shou Pin, Malik used the cheques to make 11 transfers to her bank account, for a total of S$151,144, and to pay off her personal expenses, such as tuition fees at the Singapore Institute of Management.
She also used the company’s corporate credit card to pay for things she bought online 45 times, which reached a total of S$17,089, said Today Online.
Recently, a payroll master at a human resource firm in Singapore was sentenced to over two years in jail for misappropriating nearly $120,000 of her employer's funds.
Withdrawals from company’s bank account
In order to cover her tracks, Malik amended the withdrawal figures on the bank statements for the company’s account. Eventually, in September 2019, the firm discovered her misappropriation of funds and conducted an internal investigation, leading to the clerk’s admission of the crime.
Malik asked for a sentence of 30 to 32 months of imprisonment and paid back more than S$43,700 to Lotte Singapore, said Today Online. Her defence lawyer had asked for a shorter sentence of only 22 to 24 months in jail as Malik showed remorse for her actions and was cooperative throughout the investigations.
Malik was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment on March 14 and will continue paying back what she owed the firm after her release.
In late 2023, a human resource manager in Singapore was sentenced to four months of jail for attempting to deceive the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) into granting their organisation payouts worth over S$8,500 through the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS).
