An enamoured woman got slapped with a 43-month jail sentence over 28 charges for forgery, cheating by conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and cheating by personation.
TODAY reports that 30-year-old Zuo Jing faced her initial charges of forgery and cheating by personation when she forged an ex-boyfriend's signature to close three of their joint accounts, withdrawing over $46,000 in 2012. She had opened a restaurant with her chef boyfriend, but things got sour and they divided their remaining money into their three OCBC Bank accounts.
Before she could even appear in court for those charges, she got involved in another criminal affair, embezzling money from her company to fund her new lover's gambling habit.
Zuo — who worked in the finance department of Riverton Group — misappropriated cheques meant for vendors and also deceived the company's signatories into signing more cheques even when payments were not required.
The besotted Zuo had been paying for her lovers' car insurance, road tax, debt repayment and more. 30-year-old Ivan Lim would assist in her fraudulent dealings by cashing in the cheques. The couple spent the embezzled money on gambling, shopping for luxury items, and even went on a trip to Europe.
Photo: walknboston via Flickr
An enamoured woman got slapped with a 43-month jail sentence over 28 charges for forgery, cheating by conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and cheating by personation.
TODAY reports that 30-year-old Zuo Jing faced her initial charges of forgery and cheating by personation when she forged an ex-boyfriend's signature to close three of their joint accounts, withdrawing over $46,000 in 2012. She had opened a restaurant with her chef boyfriend, but things got sour and they divided their remaining money into their three OCBC Bank accounts.
Before she could even appear in court for those charges, she got involved in another criminal affair, embezzling money from her company to fund her new lover's gambling habit.
Zuo — who worked in the finance department of Riverton Group — misappropriated cheques meant for vendors and also deceived the company's signatories into signing more cheques even when payments were not required.
The besotted Zuo had been paying for her lovers' car insurance, road tax, debt repayment and more. 30-year-old Ivan Lim would assist in her fraudulent dealings by cashing in the cheques. The couple spent the embezzled money on gambling, shopping for luxury items, and even went on a trip to Europe.
Photo: walknboston via Flickr