Jail for woman over ruse to dupe Workforce Singapore Agency programme partner into disbursing S$14,400 in grants


Chew Chui Shien was sentenced to five months’ jail on Feb 24 after she pleaded guilty to two charges. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: A sales director of a company took instructions from her then employer to forge documents in order to cheat a programme partner of the Workforce Singapore Agency (WSG) – a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower.

According to court documents, Chew Chui Shien helped Haden Hee Lic-Kai cheat the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) into disbursing S$14,400 in grants to food products company Hanguk Kitchen.

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