Singapore: Jail for man who took over RM73,000 from 41 victims in hotel booking scam to clear gambling debt


Toby Lai Jun Seng was jailed for six months and 20 days after he pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal breach of trust and seven cheating charges. - ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

SINGAPORE: Mired in debt due to his gambling addiction, a man decided to get money by selling hotel room bookings at a discount online.

He had intended to honour the bookings by using money from future orders to pay for past orders, but soon found he was not able to fulfil all of them.

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