Jail for ex-clinic manager who was entrusted with blank cheques, embezzled S$550,000

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SINGAPORE — Entrusted with pre-signed blank cheques as an administrative manager at a surgical clinic, Fauziah Mat Perlam managed to misappropriate about S$550,000 over nearly two years using various methods, including issuing these cheques to her friends and getting them to return the money.

She later claimed to have spent the money for personal and family purposes, such as gambling and settling her credit card and unlicensed moneylending debts.She pleaded guilty in a district court to two charges of criminal breach of trust by an employee,Two other criminal breach of trust charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.

She also had access to the clinic’s client management system that stored records of its finances, accounts, and patients. Issuing the pre-signed blank cheques in her friends' names and getting them to transfer the money to her She lied that this was the company’s account when it was in fact her personal one. When the patient complied, she withdrew the money immediately.

 

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