Man jailed for six months for forging marriage certificate from his girlfriend to obtain rental flat
After being asked to move out of his rental unit, a man stole his girlfriend's electronic marriage certificate with her ex-husband, then used software to alter the contents and forged their marriag... This article ( Man jailed for six months for forging marriage certificate from his girlfriend to obtain rental flat ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .
In Singapore, a 37-year-old man was sentenced to six months in prison for forging his girlfriend's marriage certificate to continue renting his unit. According to Shin Min Daily News, the man lived with his ex-wife prior to their divorce. When his ex-wife moved out and was removed from the tenant list, the Housing Development Board (HDB) informed him that he would need to prove his marriage to continue renting the property.
The suspect sought to deceive by using his girlfriend's digital marriage certificate with her ex-husband and altering the contents to make it appear as if he had married his girlfriend. Despite an absence of divorce proceedings, the forged certificate stated they married in May 2023. The suspect managed to evade detection for about a year, until his girlfriend tried to obtain a rental flat in October 2024 as a divorcee.
The HDB's subsequent investigation revealed the forged document bore similarities to the one submitted by his girlfriend, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction for forgery.
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