2 SLA officers probed for $11.8m fraud
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TWO Singapore Land Authority (SLA) officers are suspected of conspiring to cheat SLA of some $11.8 million over a two-year period.
Koh Seah Wee, deputy director of SLA's Technology and Infrastructure Department (TID) and Christopher Lim Chai Meng, a manager in the same department, are believed to have created false invoices through various business entities for fictitious IT maintenance goods and services that were not delivered.
The transactions, which took place between January 2008 and March this year, came to light after the SLA detected a number of irregular payments in the department where Koh and Lim worked.
On detection, SLA made a police report. Koh has since been charged with 249 counts of cheating and other offencers, while Lim, as well as the individuals running the businesses which are believed to have provided the false invoices, are assisting the police in investigations.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the SLA and the Ministry of Law said SLA had in place finance and procurement processes which were in accordance with Government guidelines.
'The two officers are suspected of conspiring with each other and with the said business entities, thus enabling them to circumvent the checks and balances in the processes,' the spokesman said.
-- ST
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Panel to look into fraud
- Since the matter came to light in June, the Ministry of Law set up
an independent review panel to look into how the irregularities could
have taken place.
- The Panel was also asked to recommend improvements to SLA?s systems and processes, some of which have already been implemented.
- Disciplinary investigations have also been ordered into the actions of two other officers, whose oversight might have allowed the fraud to go undetected.
- Since the matter came to light in June, the Ministry of Law set up
an independent review panel to look into how the irregularities could
have taken place.
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hope these 2 guys know how to hide the money..............otherwise all for nothing..............
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these 2 die lah !!! they just prove "LEE" wrong on high pay theory less corruption - with election coming - 2 of them die die !!!
High pay - also same same corruption !!!
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We need to follow PAP's principle of paying these officers million dollar salaries, so that we can prevent corruption in these governmental departments.
Once we pay them afew million dollars worth of salary a year, corruption will cease to exist in these departments.
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Originally posted by storywolf:
these 2 die lah !!! they just prove "LEE" wrong on high pay theory less corruption - with election coming - 2 of them die die !!!
High pay - also same same corruption !!!
These officers are not paid afew million a year, that's why there is corruption.
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there will always be corruption one............only how the top people make it look clean...........
high monthly salaries = legalized corruption...............
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
there will always be corruption one............only how the top people make it look clean...........
high monthly salaries = legalized corruption...............
our govt is practicising legalized corruption
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Originally posted by dechang:
our govt is practicising legalized corruption
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Pay in civil service, stat boards and GLCs to be raised soon?
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Originally posted by charlize:
Pay in civil service, stat boards and GLCs to be raised soon?
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
there will always be corruption one............only how the top people make it look clean...........
high monthly salaries = legalized corruption...............
FT said our pap govt paying themselves highest salary is a new form of corruption.
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Heard this is the guy who crashed his ferrari at nicoll highway last year. I think we should send these corruptors for castration. Just like the olden days heh heh.
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Originally posted by hasene:
FT said our pap govt paying themselves highest salary is a new form of corruption.
These are the people that the govt are trying to attract to become new citizens.
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this is only the beginning in the move to consolidate Singapore as world's No. 1 top spot in corporate governance...
the true question is:
is SLA the only agency facing such concern?
perhaps some high ranking officers in other agencies top down maybe scurrying to destroy evidences...this news may have frightened them?
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He bought himself a lamborghini superveloce!!!!!
There are only like 350 in the world!!!! -
Originally posted by ditzy:
He bought himself a lamborghini superveloce!!!!!
There are only like 350 in the world!!!!Stupidest thing to do. Everyone will be wondering where he get the money to buy it and they will begin to investigate
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So if the Lee family is corrupt, who can prosecute them?
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No one audit the top....
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Originally posted by dechang:
Stupidest thing to do. Everyone will be wondering where he get the money to buy it and they will begin to investigate
That's why he registered it under his wife's name. How often do you get $1.55M to purchase a sports car?
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But he really stupid, should have migrated to another country with all those money.
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11.5 million dollars, that's almost as much as that fugitive lawyer whom they cannot locate yet. Some idiots are just born idiots.
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Lawyers are much smarter than folks in SLA.
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Apparently.