Man jailed three months for taking part in insurance scam
30 Jan 2015|1,973 views
A jobless man was sentenced to three months' jail on Thursday for taking part in a motor insurance scam.
43-year old Tan Eng Chui pleaded guilty to conspiring with Pan Weida Pepin, 31, Su Chia Ern, 44, and Godfrey Liew Kok Hon, 39, to cheat insurance companies.
Tan claimed that he was driving a car on 22nd April 2009 when it was involved in an accident with another car along Upper Thomson Road. He did this to cheat a sum of $1,400 from his vehicle insurer NTUC Income as payment for a first party property damage claim.
A district court heard that he befriended Pan when he was working as a stall assistant at a coffeeshop. After he left his job in 2009, he returned to the coffeeshop and told Pan that he was unemployed.
Pan allegedly told him he could earn extra income by reporting his particulars as a driver of a car, which would be reported in a traffic accident. Tan agreed after he was told he would get an unknown commission from the insurance claim payout.
Investigation showed that property damage claims amounting to almost $7,000 were submitted against NTUC for the purported traffic accident, of which $1,400 was paid by NTUC.
Liew's particulars were used as the driver of the other car involved in the purported accident.
On 5th May 2009, Concept Services, a motor workshop operated by Su, submitted a claim amounting to $1,400 against NTUC for repairs to the car. The amount was paid a week later.
The cases against the others are pending.
Tan, who has a similar charge taken into consideration, can face a jail term of up to 10 years and fined.
A jobless man was sentenced to three months' jail on Thursday for taking part in a motor insurance scam.
43-year old Tan Eng Chui pleaded guilty to conspiring with Pan Weida Pepin, 31, Su Chia Ern, 44, and Godfrey Liew Kok Hon, 39, to cheat insurance companies.
Tan claimed that he was driving a car on 22nd April 2009 when it was involved in an accident with another car along Upper Thomson Road. He did this to cheat a sum of $1,400 from his vehicle insurer NTUC Income as payment for a first party property damage claim.
A district court heard that he befriended Pan when he was working as a stall assistant at a coffeeshop. After he left his job in 2009, he returned to the coffeeshop and told Pan that he was unemployed.
Pan allegedly told him he could earn extra income by reporting his particulars as a driver of a car, which would be reported in a traffic accident. Tan agreed after he was told he would get an unknown commission from the insurance claim payout.
Investigation showed that property damage claims amounting to almost $7,000 were submitted against NTUC for the purported traffic accident, of which $1,400 was paid by NTUC.
Liew's particulars were used as the driver of the other car involved in the purported accident.
On 5th May 2009, Concept Services, a motor workshop operated by Su, submitted a claim amounting to $1,400 against NTUC for repairs to the car. The amount was paid a week later.
The cases against the others are pending.
Tan, who has a similar charge taken into consideration, can face a jail term of up to 10 years and fined.
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