Singapore man allegedly misappropriated about S$470k customers paid to firm for Umrah


Suwandi Marchuke leaving the State Courts on March 27, 2023. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man allegedly misappropriated about S$470,000 from at least 218 people who signed up for a package for Umrah – an Islamic religious pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Suwandi Marchuke, 55, is claiming trial to multiple charges, including one count of criminal breach of trust and five counts of intentionally aiding a firm called Bil Hikmah Consultants to carry on the business of a travel agent when it was not licensed to do so.

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