Man steals S$19k from girlfriend
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By Leong Wee Keat, TODAY | Posted: 17 December 2010 0855 hrs
SINGAPORE: It was a particularly "devious" theft, a judge said on Thursday, in the case of a man who made multiple cash withdrawals of S$1,000 each time he pinched his girlfriend's ATM card from her wallet to gamble away at Resorts World Sentosa.
In all, 38-year-old Chua Yen Hui managed to steal S$19,000 from his girlfriend before he was found out.
He was on Thursday jailed for six months.
The court heard that Chua, who was unemployed, always placed the card back into its original slot without his girlfriend's knowledge.
The theft was discovered when his girlfriend of two years realised on August 15 that her card was missing.
The 32-year-old teacher checked her online banking account and found that S$19,000 had been withdrawn between June and August.
She confronted Chua, who admitted to the theft.
Pleading for leniency, Chua said he had acted out of "a moment of folly" and asked District Judge Jasbendar Kaur for a light sentence so that he could take care of his aged parents.
Chua also promised to return the stolen money.
But the judge noted that Chua had stolen on numerous occasions just to gamble. In response, Chua claimed he was looking for more money for his father's medical bills.
But the judge countered that the stolen money was never used for any medical expenses.
Chua could have been jailed up to three years and fined for each theft charge. -
what's a teacher doing with a bummer?
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it's the biological clock
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pui...
shld just castrate the guy in public...
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how did he know her pin number?
since he is a gambler it means that he will not have the money to repay it back
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maybe she blind.........
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spineless man.
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really suay to have this type of boyfriend.
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Thank goodness they are not married.
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Originally posted by dechang:
how did he know her pin number?
since he is a gambler it means that he will not have the money to repay it back
He's really macho cool. So clever. We had a little guy in our group who had a rich mom and we got him to get us money all the time. His mom was afraid to go out alone so she would pay this retired policeman to go everywhere with her so we couldn't kidnap her. We all go to the bar and be macho cool and be so suave and charisma -
aiyo.... teacher's boyfriend is a thief and gambling addict.
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Total Bummer....
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The teacher is very very rich, rich until every now and then, 1k missing oso don know.......
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teacher earn 4k a month. she can easily save 19k in 1 year so of course never discover also not suprise.
but she is a idiot to give her pin number to her bf
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I think she trusted him too much. He must have noted her pin no. whilst she was withdrawing cash. When i use my card, i don't even let my spouse near me n i will change my pin no. now n then.
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next time ATM will be hand print plus voice recognisation...
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I wish my gf had 19k.
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were you the one who withdraw the 19k??? lol
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alrighty... good night everyone and have a great weekend!
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Originally posted by chefmac.org:
next time ATM will be hand print plus voice recognisation...
Wait long long
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Morale of the story, get a gf teacher? Or be a teacher?
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cheat money cheat body cheat heart.... shiok sia...