Joseph Schooling's ex-spokesman jailed 18 months for cheating victims of over S$83k

Mohamed Hafidz Ja'afar (right) was the former spokesman for Olympic champion Joseph Schooling. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A former sports agent who was Olympic champion Joseph Schooling's spokesman was jailed 18 months on Wednesday (Oct 20) for cheating his friends into paying him for tickets to a football tournament and a U2 concert here.

Mohamed Hafidz Ja'afar, 38, also cheated a former client of more than $17,500 by tricking him into buying 52 pairs of shoes, but he delivered only three pairs.