Jail for man who bought cough syrup, pills with fake note

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A man, who illegally bought cough syrup from an online seller and used a counterfeit $1,000 note for the transaction, was sentenced to two years and 10 months’ jail, and a fine of $3,000 on April 2. Khalid Abdullah, 34, who is unemployed, bought the medication after...

Khalid Abdullah, 34, who is unemployed, bought the medication after a doctor refused to prescribe it to him in 2022.A man, who illegally bought cough syrup from an online seller and used a counterfeit $1,000 note for the transaction, was sentenced to two years and 10 months’ jail, and a fine of $3,000 on April 2.

After that, Khalid tried to exchange six pieces of counterfeit $1,000 Singapore dollar notes for foreign currency notes at a DBS Bank branch in Woodlands. Defence lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu told the court that his client had bought the “old notes in different denominations” from a supplier on e-commerce site Shopee.

Police arrested Khalid a month later, and he was found with nearly $18,500 worth of counterfeit notes in his possession.

 

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