SINGAPORE: A full-time national serviceman was given 18 months' probation on Tuesday for cheating the Government out of S$2,500 in COVID-19 grants.AdvertisementIn addition to his probation, Yee will have to perform 60 hours of community service and attend a gambling relapse prevention programme.
Each application required details of a registered PayNow bank account linked to the applicant's NRIC or mobile number, and those eligible would receive immediate payouts of S$500 regardless of the quantum of income lost.On Apr 17 last year, while Yee was a full-time NSF, he made an application lying that he had lost at least 30 per cent of his personal income because of COVID-19.
After receiving this sum, Yee asked his father for his SingPass details claiming that he would help him apply for Government grants. Instead, Yee created an application lying that his father had lost at least 30 per cent of his income.His father had continued to receive the same salary with his employment with a marketing firm. Yee used his own PayNow bank account details in his application for his father, and received another S$500.
Aside from these crimes, Yee also helped a friend who wanted to make fraudulent grant applications. However, instead of having the money credited to his friend, he put his own PayNow account details in the application and the money was disbursed to him instead.
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