SINGAPORE: A finance and relationship manager at an investment company misused the access she had to clients' personal data in order to redeem free mask packs given out by the Temasek Foundation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The court heard that Pantila worked for Chartered Investment Managers and was given access to the personal data of the company's clients, including NRIC numbers. The foundation had stocked its vending machines nationwide with masks that Singapore residents could redeem by keying in their NRIC or FIN numbers.
In February 2021, Temasek Foundation announced the release of a blue MaskPlus Livinguard masks, restocking its vending machines across the island with the Swiss company-produced masks. Two days later, a family member of one of the clients lodged a police report. Pantila later admitted taking the mask packs. She said she had intended to give them to elderly people but had not yet done so. The five masks were recovered.