SAF regular, 29, takes S$1.9 million from friends & family to fund gambling habit, flees S'pore but later turns himself in
To prevent his father from discovering his offences, he impersonated bank staff and forged a police report.
Tay Yi Cong, a 29-year-old regular officer and senior medic in the Singapore Armed Forces, stole nearly S$1.9 million from five people, including about S$1.65 million from his adoptive father, to fund his gambling addiction. He forged a fake police report to prevent his father from lodging a real one. When the police began investigating the withdrawals from his father’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) account, Tay fled to Taiwan.
Upon his return to Singapore, Tay pleaded guilty to seven charges of cheating and theft. He was sentenced to seven years in jail, backdated to June 17, 2024.
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