30 months' jail for woman who used blank cheques from her company to shop, pay school fees

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SINGAPORE — When a director of the company where she worked handed her several blank cheques to pay vendors while he was overseas, Nur Wahida Abdul Malik saw this as an opportunity to pay for her own expenses.

Nur Wahida Abdul Malik was entrusted with her company's credit card to pay for miscellaneous items

The 32-year-old also used the company's corporate credit card to pay for her online shopping spree that came to more than S$17,000.On Thursday , Nur Wahida was sentenced to 30 months' jail after pleading guilty to two charges of criminal breach of trust.Deputy Public Prosecutor Tung Shou Pin told the court that Nur Wahida was employed as an accounts administrative clerk from May 2015 to October 2019.

She used the money to pay for her tuition fees at the Singapore Institute of Management and for other personal expenses. "In September 2019, Lotte Singapore discovered that the accused had been dishonestly misappropriating its funds," DPP Tung said.Pointing out that the offences happened over a year, DPP Tung said that Nur Wahida showed a"sustained pattern of deception" and thus asked for a sentence of 30 to 32 months' jail.

 

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