Man jailed for cheating victims into paying him about S$200,000 for face masks

that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced to three years and two months' jail on Monday .

He exploited the surge in demand for surgical face masks by posting advertisements on e-commerce platform Carousell and lied to multiple victims that he had the masks for sale.He cheated most of his victims into paying him deposits for the masks, breaking contact with them once he had the money and never delivering the equipment.

Mr Tay asked to settle payment in cash upon delivery, but Cheong insisted on an upfront cash deposit. Mr Tay took a photo of this licence but later took a closer look and realised that the surname did not match the name Cheong had given him. He passed S$30,000 to Ms Lim and S$106,000 to Ms Goh for safekeeping, and bought a Rolex at a pawnshop for S$7,080 using some of the remaining cash.

However, when confronted with evidence of the money and property seized by the police, Cheong admitted that he never had such a supplier, and that he had never made any arrangements to fulfil Mr Tay's order.

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