A 58-year-old man was charged with cheating on Tampines Town Council on Wednesday ( Mar 13 ) by overpaying for replacement water pumps.
Singaporean Zhang Shuyan is accused of two matters of stealing.
He allegedly submitted 206 invoices between April 2016 and July 2017 to pay the town council more than S$ 380, 000 ( US$ 285, 456 ).
He served as the director of FYH Integrated, a company that the city council had contracted to carry out pumps upkeep projects for the estate during that time.
According to court documents, he reportedly deceived the city government into believing that FYH had installed vertical multi-stage sends when it had actually installed vertical single-stage pumps.
The police claimed that single-stage water pump are” significantly less expensive” than multi-stage ones.
After Zhang submitted 102 receipts, the city council paid S$ 195, 264 to FYH from April 1 through December 31. After receiving 104 payments, S next paid S$ 185, 286 to FYH from January 1 through July 31 the following month.
How much of the city council’s overpayments were made public and how Zhang’s alleged crimes were exposed are still undetermined.
Zhang did n’t say whether he would enter a guilty plea on Wednesday. He was given a$ 50, 000 loan and is scheduled to appear in court on April 3.
Those found guilty of cheating face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and fines.