Jail for man who used forged qualifications to land jobs for more than 10 years

Taloona

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He should return all the salaries he was paid by those companies.
He could not make any restitution. Wonder where all the money went, curious if he has a wife and kids but quite unlikely.

When I was teaching in a private school, the contract stated that in the event that they found out my qualifications are fake, I have to pay back all my salary.
 

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I am more curious about his actual qualifications.
Maybe studied for the ACCA and never got through the halfway mark...so he knows a bit of accounting jargon to impress the director who is his immediate superior and not an accountant by training.
 

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One common factor is these forger job hop alot before their incompetence is being discovered. Sp once his performance is under scrutiny, he is ready to look for another job.
In short, he chaboke. Ran away.

And he always asked for below market rate, so he could secure a job fast.
 

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Jail for man who used forged qualifications to land jobs for more than 10 years​


https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...fications-to-land-jobs-for-more-than-10-years
SINGAPORE - A man who forged university degrees was able to get hired in many finance positions, getting away with his scheme for more than a decade.

Since 2009, Yeoh Keng Swee, 55, forged degrees, certificates and transcripts, which he then used to get hired by 11 companies.

He held finance and audit positions in nine of these companies, including one where he was the company’s chief financial officer.

But his long paper trail of forged qualifications was uncovered when Nanyang Technological University (NTU) filed a police report against him in January 2021.

The report said the school had received a request for degree verification, and that the degree submitted by Yeoh was forged.

On Thursday, Yeoh was jailed for 15 months after pleading guilty to three counts of forgery for the purposes of cheating.

Another 10 similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.

In July 2019, Yeoh forged the following documents:
  • A Bachelor of Accountancy degree certificate from NTU;
  • A Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours degree certificate from NTU;
  • An official transcript from NTU;
  • A Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) from the Ministry of Education;
  • A Master of Science in Business Administration degree certificate from Andrews University;
  • An academic transcript from Andrews University;
  • A certificate stating that he was a Certified Practising Accountant from the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants; and
  • A Certificate of Membership as a Chartered Accountant of Singapore from the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
He used these documents to apply to be the chief financial officer of Boon Chang Structure and started work in September 2019.

But his work performance was poor and drew many complaints.

He resigned in December 2019, claiming his eyesight was failing, but was paid wages of about $14,000 in total.

In January 2020, he forged the same documents he used for his Boon Chang job application, and applied for the finance director post at Gain City Best-Electric.

He started work in February 2020, but was terminated in July 2020 after failing the performance criteria.

He was paid about $51,000 in total.

According to court documents, the other companies that hired him from 2009 to 2015 based on forged qualifications are:
  • Paul Wan & Co;
  • Verita Advanced Wellness;
  • Tri-Star Industries;
  • Adventist Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre;
  • Bentz Jaz Singapore;
  • Huaxin Agrimarine Holdings;
  • Risis;
  • Contineo Media; and
  • Karay Holdings.
Yeoh forged the qualifications by searching for copies online and printing them out to use as templates.

He printed his name and details on another piece of paper, cut them out and pasted them over the templates before photocopying the edited templates to create the forged copies.

In December 2020, he applied for a job as a construction project manager at Success Forever Construction using forged documents.

But during the interviews, he could not properly answer questions testing his technical knowledge.

When he overheard the interviewer and her employer discussing the verification of his qualifications, he withdrew his job application and asked the interviewer to destroy the documents he had submitted before leaving.

At the start of his hearing on Thursday afternoon, Yeoh had tried asking the court to stop the media from reporting on his case.

He said that his relatives, family and friends would be affected.

Senior District Judge Ong Hian Sun then informed him that there was no gag order on the case, which was being heard in open court.

The court heard that after his arrest, Yeoh worked as a kitchen assistant cum cashier, earning about $1,000 a month.

His lawyer, Ms Audrey Koo, asked the court for leniency, saying her client could not afford restitution, and suffered from high blood pressure and kidney disease.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Zu Zhao said the prosecution was aware Yeoh may not have the means to make compensation, and did not seek an order for one.

For each count of forgery for the purpose of cheating, Yeoh could have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined.
Hmmm
If he forged Singapore qualifications, wouldn't he run into people who studied SAME year as him or close to the same year & after some asking and even checking the year book, realized there's no such person in the course?
 

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"But during the interviews, he could not properly answer questions testing his technical knowledge.....,,"

self pawn
at least googled a bit la
His fake degrees were all in accountancy.

He applied for a technical job as a Construction Project Manager.

I wonder how the company's management....why they even called him down for an interview. Even a REAL CPA, I mean someone with a genuine BAcc or ACCA, would not have the knowledge of an engineer to be a Construction Project Manager leh.
 

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How about others working here in spore? Are they genuine?
 

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Sinkie forge cert to get jobs = jail
Foreigners forge cert to get job = no jail
 

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MOM should clear up the forged certificates of foreign workers and increase their penalties first.
 

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Quite smart leh, he managed to stay undetected for more than 10 years.
 

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Hmmm
If he forged Singapore qualifications, wouldn't he run into people who studied SAME year as him or close to the same year & after some asking and even checking the year book, realized there's no such person in the course?
Desperate & dumb.
 

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This is not some business degree which you can smoke your way through if you're damn good in talking, this is accountancy which you need real technical knowledge in the field, can chin chai fake one?
 

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The HRs who employed him, need to check their qualifications too.
 
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