Recalcitrant SG scammer charged with cheating victim with MacBook ruse on Carousell


Ong pretended he had a MacBook Pro laptop to sell at $2,549 on Carousell when he did not. — The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Two years after he was issued a stern warning for cheating 13 victims in 2020, a 21-year-old man was hauled back to court for a similar offence.

On Thursday (Jan 27), Nicholas Ong Chang Hui was accused of scamming another victim on Nov 15, 2021.

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