SINGAPORE: In the first guilty plea of its kind during the COVID-19 outbreak, a 19-year-old woman on Tuesday (Apr 14) admitted to cheating five ...
SINGAPORE: In the first guilty plea of its kind during the COVID-19 outbreak, a 19-year-old woman on Tuesday admitted to cheating five people of S$580 for masks she never delivered.
The court heard that Atiena cheated five people on Carousell, where she listed surgical face masks for sale in February.Advertisement She contacted Atiena via the online marketplace app and said she wanted to buy 10 cartons containing 400 boxes of surgical face masks for S$6,000. Atiena has paid S$50 back to one of the victims, and said she used S$340 to buy milk powder, baby food and diapers for her child, who was five months old at the time.
She said such cases usually draw mandatory jail terms, but the prosecution has considered Atiena's youth and the fact that she is a first-time offender.Atiena pleaded for leniency, saying:"I really hope to be given another chance." According to the existing bail conditions, her parents must help to stand bail in order for her to be released from remand.
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