An elderly couple who swindled victims of more than S$800,000 (RM2,512,467) over 10 years, by selling talismans touted to have “special powers”, was sentenced to jail yesterday by a district court judge.
Ng Kim Yew, 62, was sentenced to 69 months’ jail, while her husband Ong Choon Lin, 67, was sentenced to 55 months’ jail.
They were each convicted of 20 charges, involving three victims, of abetment by conspiring to cheat from 2005 to October 2015.
The judge took into consideration 23 charges in sentencing Ng and 18 charges in sentencing Ong.
The total amount involved in Ng’s case was S$816,868, while that for Ong was S$734,068.
During the 23-day trial, the court heard that the couple cheated three victims, who cannot be identified, of S$486, 268. Full story...
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Ng Kim Yew, 62, was sentenced to 69 months’ jail, while her husband Ong Choon Lin, 67, was sentenced to 55 months’ jail.
They were each convicted of 20 charges, involving three victims, of abetment by conspiring to cheat from 2005 to October 2015.
The judge took into consideration 23 charges in sentencing Ng and 18 charges in sentencing Ong.
The total amount involved in Ng’s case was S$816,868, while that for Ong was S$734,068.
During the 23-day trial, the court heard that the couple cheated three victims, who cannot be identified, of S$486, 268. Full story...
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