Corrective training for serial cheat

A serial cheat who conned retailers of more than S$1mil (RM2.56mil) in jewellery and technology goods using an “offline transaction” scam was sentenced to six years of corrective training – a tough prison regime for repeat offenders without remission for good behaviour.

Teo Ziqi, 31, then either pawned or resold the items, including gold bars and iPads, and used some of the proceeds to gamble. Only S$140,200 (RM359,034) was recovered, a court heard.