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Woman scammed of S$1.4m arrested; police believe she stole money from her company

SINGAPORE — A woman lodged a police report about being scammed of S$1.4 million but ended up getting arrested, with the police suspecting that she had misappropriated the same amount from her company.

Woman scammed of S$1.4m arrested; police believe she stole money from her company
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SINGAPORE — A woman lodged a police report about being scammed of S$1.4 million but ended up getting arrested, with the police suspecting that she had misappropriated the same amount from her company.

The 42-year-old woman had lodged a police report on Thursday (Oct 10), saying that she had been transferring about S$1.4 million to an online friend with the hope of receiving from him a parcel containing cash and valuables.

But the parcel never came, the police said in a media release on Friday.

“Further investigations revealed that the woman was employed as an accounts manager, and had in that capacity misappropriated company funds amounting to S$1,426,718,” the police said.

The woman will be charged in court on Saturday for the offence of criminal breach of trust as a servant.

If convicted, she could be jailed for up to 15 years and fined.

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