An accounts and administrative clerk at a logistics firm made off with more than $168,000 of the company’s money by methods including indicating herself as the payee on its blank cheques. Nur Wahida Abdul Malik, 32, then used a portion of her ill-gotten gains to pay for her tuition fees at the Singapore Institute of Management.
Nur, who is no longer working for Lotte Global Logistics (Singapore), was sentenced to two years and six months’ jail on March 14 after she pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust. Defence lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu told the court that Nur has made a partial restitution of more than $43,000 to her former employer. The lawyer from Amarjit Sidhu Law added that she intends to hand over more cash as restitution after serving her sentence. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tung Shou Pin said that Nur started working as a clerk for the company in May 2015 and was given a chequebook which was used to pay its vendor
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Clerk Logistics Firm Theft Tuition Fees Criminal Breach Of Trust