SINGAPORE — To find an acquaintance who owed him money, Ang Kok How got a friend who was a DBS Bank employee to conduct an unauthorised search on the bank's customer information system to illegally obtain the person's address and work place.
Ang, 35, who is a Singaporean, pleaded guilty on Friday to a single charge under the Computer Misuse Act, and was sentenced to two weeks' jail.Ang's friend, Liong Yan Sin, had pleaded guilty on Nov 21, 2022, to 10 charges under the Computer Misuse Act and six charges under the Banking Act, and was sentenced to 16 weeks' jail.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Thiagesh Sukumaran said that Ang and Liong were acquaintances who engaged in activities such as gambling, drinking and playing basketball together. Despite that, Ang asked Liong whether it was illegal to conduct such a search but was dismissed by Liong who told him"not to worry".
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