Tanker engineer jailed for siphoning marine fuel

Oil tanker chief engineer Pittis Stavros was sentenced to 18 months' jail on Thursday after he was found guilty of siphoning 200 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil worth US$125,400 (S$153,359). -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

An oil tanker chief engineer was sentenced to 18 months’ jail after he was found guilty of siphoning 200 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil worth US$125,400 (RM405,719).

But Greek national Pittis Stavros (pic), 58, is appealing. Bail of S$120,000 (RM310,402) has been offered pending his appeal, and he was scheduled to leave for home yesterday morning.