SINGAPORE: A woman in charge of payroll at a human resource company transferred a total of more than S$119,000 to herself by pretending they were for former employees.
Yao changed the beneficiary bank accounts of former employees in Elitez's payroll system to her own bank accounts or her friend Wendy Ong in 21 bank transfers between Aug 15, 2022 and March 7, 2023.These payments were fraudulent and the former employees would not have been entitled to these payments as they were no longer with the company at the material time.She transferred a total of S$119,572.53 in salary payments.
Mr Tan sought 32 to 34 months' jail for Yao, citing the high amount misappropriated spanning eight months. Defence lawyer Ashvin Hariharan of IRB Law took issue with the prosecution's calculation of the suggested jail term. District Judge Wong Li Tein said she considered the high amount misappropriated, the long period of offending and the abuse of position.
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