A man was sentenced to 16 months' jail in a district court on Monday for cheating four China nationals of S$10,700 in rental fees. Ivan Tey, who is 35, owns a four-room flat in Jurong West. Although he had rented the flat to other tenants, he approached different housing agents in October and November last year to look for prospective tenants to rent the flat to. He found four different tenants and...
Rental Cheats
HE APPARENTLY preyed on unsuspecting tenants in search of rental units. Over a period of 10 months, he was said to have cheated them of more than $100,000 in more than 50 cases island-wide. On the run since last year, the 33-year-old unemployed man was arrested in a stake out early yesterday. According to preliminary police investigations, between April last year and last month, he had collected advance...
Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for cheating 11 tenants of rental deposits over the last two months. The suspect, who is unemployed, had apparently put up a three-room flat at Commonwealth Drive for rent with unsuspecting housing agents. He would disarm potential tenants by handing over copies of his identity card and flat conservancy booklet, and a bunch of keys. He would then disappear after...