Jail for woman who funded vacations with donations supposedly to buy eggs for the elderly
Close to $9,000 of the $10,163 she had misappropriated remains unrecovered.
In Singapore, a woman named Anna Goh Li Bing was jailed for two weeks after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust. She was caught attempting to scam 137 individuals by pretending to raise funds for charity.
Goh's scheme involved a Facebook group where she claimed to raise money to buy eggs for nursing homes and elderly people. She posted an appeal on October 3, 2023, promising to distribute eggs at $2 per tray to a senior citizens' home in Jalan Kayu. She even provided her own contact details for donors to deposit money directly into her account.
To avoid detection, Goh forged a digital letter dated November 7, 2023, supposedly confirming the delivery of 850 trays of eggs to the Jalan Kayu home. She sent this forged document to some of the donors, but the home never received any eggs. This discrepancy raised red flags, leading to several donors filing police reports.
Between October 3 and November 10, 2023, Goh collected more than $10,163 from 134 donors. She confessed to using this money for her vacation expenses and to support her husband's business. After investigators delved deeper, Goh made partial restitution by delivering 4,500 eggs worth $922 to the senior citizens' home between November 2023 and March 2026. She also transferred an additional $300 to the home. However, more than $8,940 remains unpaid.
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