Man gets more than 2 years' jail for cheating S$148,000 from 128 victims on Carousell
SINGAPORE — Pretending to be a genuine seller on online marketplace Carousell, Nicholas Ong Chang Hui manage to dupe 128 victims into making upfront payments for pre-orders of Apple laptops and iPhones, as well as for the sale of a Rolex watch.
In an effort to attract potential customers, Ong would put up advertisements on Carousell and deliberately price the products lower than the market rate. Ong had also advertised a Rolex watch for sale on his Carousell account, to which he asked for a S$5,000 deposit. Investigations revealed that on Oct 17 last year, Ong was involved in another dishonest act to cheat, where he received cash for providing his United Overseas Bank iBanking details to an unknown individual.Police reports were later made against Ong's UOB bank account, which had been used by scammers for illegal activities that resulted in victims losing a total of S$68,487.24.
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