S'pore cafe owner, 31, receives WhatsApp verification message from 'hotel staff' about overseas booking, gets scammed of nearly S$2,000
The scammers used details from a hotel booking he had made.
A 41-year-old Bangladeshi national, Bhuyan Md Ozzjal, was handed a 13-month and two-week jail sentence after he instigated a fight and later fabricated a false police report claiming he had been robbed. The victim was a fellow Singaporean acquaintance. Charged with four counts of voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, providing false information, and affray, Bhuyan admitted to two of these charges in court.
Sentencing took place on September 10. The motive behind the false report appeared to stem from a dispute over his reputation and his wife's perception of him as someone who "played around with women." According to police reports, the altercation occurred around 2 am near Lorong 14 Geylang, where Bhuyan confronted the victim at a coffee shop.
After the victim and his cousin departed, Bhuyan called the police and falsely reported that he had been robbed by two men who had stolen S$256 in cash and his work permit. The police later identified both the victim and his cousin. Bhuyan confessed to lodging the false report after becoming drunk during the incident, stating he aimed to cause trouble for the victim.
His legal team argued that Bhuyan had been a resident of Singapore for 16 years, starting as a construction worker and advancing to management. They also noted Bhuyan's desire to continue working in Singapore.
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