Popular Post Sieg67 Posted January 23 Popular Post Share Posted January 23 https://www.latintimes.com/executive-jailed-using-thousands-company-dollars-buy-pokemon-cards-573036 An executive in Singapore was jailed for using thousands of company dollars to buy Pokémon cards. Linberg Yeo Yu Wei, 27, has been processing payments to vendors for SPD Scientific, a Singapore-based laboratory equipment supplier, since July 2023. One month into his role, the Strait Times reported that he started tricking the CEO into signing payment vouchers by telling her they were approved by the finance manager, allowing him to defraud the company out of $501,173 between August and October 2023. Yeo then spent the money on frivolous items, including Pokémon cards, a pre-owned Rolex, an iPad, and holidays as well as credit card and to gamble. In November, a human resources manager identified accounting discrepancies after $24,840 was deposited into Yeo's bank account. He returned the money the next day, but the company launched an investigation, according to the Strait Times, and found he had been cheating them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yeo was arrested on Jan. 5, 2024. In addition to seizing his Rolex watch, law enforcement found he still had $400,000 of the stolen money in his bank account. He blamed his actions on the company, claiming he was mistreated. The executive pleaded guilty to one count of cheating and was sentenced to 19 months in jail on Wednesday. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 That’s crazy 😆 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 How? How do you get the idea to steal this kind of money, steal it, and then spend it on Pokemon cards?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: That’s crazy 😆 hmmmmmm. maybe...just may-nahhhhhhh That's crazy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 22 minutes ago, discolé monade said: Exactly! 😆 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 One count ....of cheating. That's the law...stealing a small fortune...is cheating. Ok...I guess. I dunno, when I think Singapore, I think of dude they flogged for spitting out gum 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Pfft. Nerds. ::goes back to watching Doom Patrol:: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Fun, weird story. A YouTube channel did a test between $1000 in scratch offs and $1000 in Pokémon cards. The POKEMANZ returned more money. This is still monumentally stupid of a criminal to do. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 My Pokeymans, let me show you them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, Jman said: Fun, weird story. A YouTube channel did a test between $1000 in scratch offs and $1000 in Pokémon cards. The POKEMANZ returned more money. This is still monumentally stupid of a criminal to do. A friend and I were talking about this today. Did he intend to make the money back with the cards and gambling and return it without anybody noticing? I personally doubt it considering the other things he purchased but I have seen that before. A store manager of a store nearby was busted for gambling with the deposits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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