SG man, 37, gets 6-month jail for forging his girlfriend’s previous marriage certificate to keep staying in his HDB rental flat
He changed the groom’s name, NRIC number, and marriage date before emailing the altered certificate to HDB to keep his rental flat This article ( SG man, 37, gets 6-month jail for forging his girlfriend’s previous marriage certificate to keep staying in his HDB rental flat ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .
In Singapore, a 37-year-old man named Muhammad Faizal has been sentenced to six months in prison for forging his girlfriend's previous marriage certificate. The fraudulent document was created to maintain his eligibility for renting an HDB flat. Initially, Faizal and his girlfriend were married, but they divorced in December 2021.
After the divorce, HDB required him to prove his marriage status to continue renting the flat. Faizal then forged his girlfriend's marriage certificate, altering the groom's name, NRIC number, and marriage date. He discovered the fake certificate in October 2024 when his girlfriend applied for an HDB rental flat as a divorcee. The forged document did not reveal the marital status of his girlfriend, who was still legally married to her previous husband.
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