Jail, fine for Singapore's serial conwoman who cheated 12 victims of over S$106k in various scams


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SINGAPORE: A serial conwoman who cheated 12 victims of more than S$106,000 in total in various scams was sentenced to three years’ jail and a fine of S$2,000 on Wednesday (July 3).

Priscilla Shamani Manoharan, 33, is in remand, and one of her victims was a man whom she cheated of S$57,250 by making claims such as needing to pay for a Housing Board transaction and that her daughter had died, followed by her son.

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