SINGAPORE: Three men were hired by a seller to handle dry goods like wheat, salt, sauce, and spice; however, they stole large quantities and sold them for less money to delivery drivers.
Over the course of about ten months, the delivery driver handled nearly S$ 282, 200 worth of stolen goods, selling them to his friends, company’s own clients, and buyers on Telegram and Carousell.
29-year-old Singaporean Muhammad Khairudin Bin Kamis was given a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for his crime on Monday( Sep 4 ).
He admitted guilt to one matter of regularly dealing in stolen goods.
According to the jury, Khairudin worked for Land Transport Services and had a driving contract with the seller of dry items in Lim Siang Huat.
The business, which had its headquarters at 6 Fishery Port Road, sold dried goods like wheat, salt, sauces, and spice.
The co-accusants are Temeantaran Perabagaran, a 38-year-old Malaysian, Muhammad Adham Syahin Noor Mohamed, 24 years older Singapore, and Kalaichelven Genesan.
Adham was a warehouse assistant, and Kalaichelven and Temeantaran were Lim Siang Huat’s stores. All three of the men were workers, which means they were preparing the goods for consumers to receive from the bank’s drivers.
Products for regular orders would be picked up by the pickers from the bank’s warehouse and loaded onto pallets for the drivers to pick up.
Khairudin was questioned by Kalaichelven and Temeantaran about whether he wanted to purchase the bank’s goods for less money around November 2020.
Khairudin was aware that these items had been stolen, but he still purchased them with the intention of reselling them for money.
Adham joined the partnership in December 2020.
By placing items that were not part of the normal purchases on the pallets, the pickers would transfer stolen property to Khairudin between November 16, 2020, and September 18, 2021.
Without the bank’s permission, Khairudin may take the extra goods and promote them. Each day, Khorudin would only take a small number of things. & nbsp,
It was challenging to determine what was going on, the attorney said, given the large number of orders the company received each day in addition to their normal stock inventory.
Khairudin gave the stolen goods to his family members. By asking the clients if they wanted to purchase expired goods at a lower price when he made his sales, the company’s clients were also sold on them.
Additionally, he offered consumers a small amount of the stolen goods via Telegram and Carousell.
The company’s general manager noticed differences between the stock stored in the warehouse and the electric system inventory around August 2021.
After conducting an internal investigation, the director discovered that some items were missing. Additionally, a user reported that someone was selling business goods at prices below market prices.
The four people were identified as the perpetrators after additional inside and police investigations.
Citing the manslaughter involved, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Liew requested between 30 and 36 months in jail for Khairudin.
He did, however, point out that the plan was” unsophisticated” and that Khairudin was not actively involved in its inception.
In October, he was permitted to start serving his prison sentence.
Two of the co-accused ‘ cases are still pending.