Man exploited EZ-Link card auto top-up function to buy at least S$109,990 worth of cigarettes with friends
A man and his friends used a total of 801 EZ-Link cards to buy at least S$109,990 worth of cigarettes, exploiting a loop-hole in the card that allowed for automatic top-up of cash value.
Gary Yeo Jia Jun, 29, a Singaporean, was jailed for 19 months on Monday (July 18) after he pleaded guilty to a charge under the Computer Misuse Act and to another charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt in an unrelated incident.
Aside from Yeo, three other Singaporeans were alleged to have taken part in the ploy.
They were:
- Chua Yi Da, 26
- Darren Koh Wei Zhou, 25
- Cynthia Li Xinyi, 24
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Samuel Chew told the court that all four had “conspired” to abuse the EZ-Reload programme sometime in June 2019.
The debiting would be performed automatically by EZ-Link’s computer within one or two working days from the time of the top-up using the EZ-Reload programme.
A single debit card could be linked to only one EZ-Link account.
