Four weeks’ jail for SG man who used telco employees to obtain addresses of debtors


Lim paid his accomplice to enlist the help of Singapore telco employees in procuring the addresses of various people who purportedly owed him money. — Using mobile photo created by Dragana_Gordic - www.freepik.com

SINGAPORE: A man who needed the addresses of various people from whom he wanted to recover money purportedly owed by them engaged in a scheme to enlist telco employees for help.

Philbert Lim Zong Xian, 35, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail in court on Wednesday (April 20) after he pleaded guilty to two corruption charges.

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