2 Punjabi women charged with fraud in Singapore
Saturday, 15/11/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141115/punjab.htm#17
Singapore : A Singapore court today charged two Indian-origin Malaysian women clerks for causing nearly SGD 35,000 in losses to a top Sikh body by forging cheques in 2010.
Engaging in a conspiracy together, the duo of Jasvinder Kaur Dhillon, 29, and Sanjeet Jasbirsingh Kaur, 34, was also alleged to have prepared a voucher for an internal audit that falsely stated that payment had been made to a stationery supplier.
The accused had committed 16 and 11 offences respectively, mostly involving the forging and cashing of cheques in the name of the then president Karpal Singh, The Straits Times reported.
Except for the five forgery charges that Jasvinder faces alone, involving almost SGD 11,000, she and the other accused are believed to have acted together on 10 other occasions. Twice, they allegedly submitted a false payment voucher and supporting documents so that Singh and then treasurer Manjeet Singh would authorise the issuance of cheques worth SGD 3,700.
The two women were former clerks with the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board, which manages two gurdwaras here. Singapore’s Sikh community of about 15,000 has five other gurdwaras. — PTI
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The two women were former clerks with the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board, which manages two gurdwaras here
Singapore's Sikh community of about 15,000 has five other gurdwaras
