Jail for ex-Maybank employee who took S$1.4mil from workplace safe

Phua Kai Liang pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal breach of trust and dealing with the benefits of his criminal conduct. - SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Maybank Singapore service manager misappropriated more than S$1.4 million in total from a workplace safe over 15 occasions, and used the monies to fund his gambling as well as forex trading activities.

On Wednesday (Sept 27), Phua Kai Liang, 34, was sentenced to three years and 10 months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal breach of trust and dealing with the benefits of his criminal conduct.