Jail for married man who posed as a pimp to get discounted sexual services from social escorts

SINGAPORE — A 42-year-old man decided to pose as a pimp to obtain free or discounted sexual services from two social escorts under the guise of putting them through a"trial" or"interview".Chen Zelin, 42, posed a pimp to get discounted or free sexual services from social escorts by telling them he needed to conduct a trial session with them before introducing them to clients.

Chen Zelin, who is married with a young child, also took intimate pictures of his girlfriend by threatening to reveal their text conversations, which were of a sexual nature.On Tuesday , he was sentenced to 32 months' jail after pleading guilty to one count of threatening to distribute an intimate image and two counts of cheating by impersonation.Chen posted an advertisement on classified page Locanto posing as an agent for social escort services, which prompted two women to contact him.

Sometime in 2021, a 20-year-old, who worked as a social escort to pay her debts after having been a victim of scams, approached Chen on Telegram after seeing his advertisement. Fearing her colleagues and employer might see the messages, she complied with his request to take several intimate pictures, including one that revealed her passport information.

Court documents did not state how the police found out about Chen's actions against the two social escorts.DPP Ngian asked for a total sentence of 38 to 46 months' jail.

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