SLA Staff charged

[Subarugt]

SLA staff member charged with fraud of $11.8m

Posted: 28 September 2010 1223 hrs

 

 

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SINGAPORE: A senior staff member of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is facing 249 charges of cheating the Authority $11.8 million.

 

40-year-old Koh Seah Wee was charged on June 25 and is alleged to have conspired with two others, Lim Chai Meng and Ho Yen Teck to cheat the Authority.

 

He did so by awarding network maintenance contracts to various companies.

 

Koh was a deputy director with SLA's Technology and Infrastructure Department. His level of approval allowed payments to be made to these shell companies and no work was done to fulfil the contracts.

 

According to some charge sheets, payments were made in amounts ranging from $25,000 to $60,000.

 

Koh also faced several charges of using the ill-gotten gains of his cheating scheme to buy cars and properties.

 

The charges spelt out that Koh had used the money to pay for a Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz cars, acquire property at Axis@Siglap along East Coast Terrace, and purchase various unit trusts.

 

Koh is being defended by Lawyer Ravinderpal Singh and his case will be mentioned again on October 19.

 

Koh has been remanded and his bail stands at $1.5 million.

[Beehive3783]

The defendant's lawyer also quite brave.. dare to represent this kind of pariah who is cheating OUR money.

[Subarugt]

win or lose case still got lawyer fee ma

[Kingcopa]

The defendant's lawyer also quite brave.. dare to represent this kind of pariah who is cheating OUR money.

A chance to get famous too

[Karoon]

poor fella should be paid more so he won't be tempted to corrupt

[Chewbacca]

11 million!

 

Good job!

 

Who says Singaporeans not innovative?

[SimonTan]

WOW....Lambo! and privates!

This guy did it over how many years?

I salute him.

He should have by now diverted most of his money overseas.

Actually he should have applied for NZ citizen.

KNN.....if he did it over a few years....he has all the ample time to get citizenships overseas.

Still stay here to kena caught.

 

Of course...for every one kena caught....99 others will be enjoying their illegal gains.

 

 

[LoverofCar]

KNN....HANG HIM!!...those are our money...!...

[Greatbirdlegend]

poor fella should be paid more so he won't be tempted to corrupt

 

[laugh]

[Tony76]

civil svc pay so low or his expectations too high? knnn still dare to buy lambo etc

[SimonTan]

Tip of the ice berg!

I am sure more of such thieves are waiting to be caught.

[Xtrocious]

civil svc pay so low or his expectations too high? knnn still dare to buy lambo etc

 

Deputy Director would most likely mean that he's a scholar liao

 

And pay won't be too shabby either - easier above S$10k a month

 

But to afford a lambo...unless FIR (father is rich), WIR (wife is rich) or gigolo for rich aunties...hahah

[Soya]

obviously not a very bright scholar.

 

i mean, gahmen servant drive ard in a lambo and he expect ppl not to suspect anything fishy??

 

 

 

 

[Acemundo]

i think $20k salary at the very minimum.

 

 

who says pay more won't have greed?

[Yahgo22]

As a senior civil servant, he drives a Lambo.

 

He thinks he is Sg top 50 richest man.

 

Or maybe he could be one of the lucky Lambo winners at Resort World.

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[Vulcann]

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[RH1667]

SLA staff member charged with fraud of $11.8m

Posted: 28 September 2010 1223 hrs

 

 

Photos 1 of 1

 

 

 

 

SINGAPORE: A senior staff member of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is facing 249 charges of cheating the Authority $11.8 million.

 

Koh has been remanded and his bail stands at $1.5 million.

 

Charge with cheating of $11.8 million but bail stands at $1.5 million only?