Teen cheated 21 victims of over S$7,000 in Marquee nightclub tickets scam

The 19-year-old teenager, posing as a nightclub employee on Telegram, sold bogus tickets to a sold-out event at Marquee nightclub last year. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A teenager, posing as a nightclub employee on Telegram, sold bogus tickets to a sold-out event to 21 victims in 2022, netting himself S$7,055 to offset his losses from illegal online gambling.

On Wednesday (July 5), Alden Christopher Tan Choon Siang, 19, pleaded guilty to six charges of cheating.