Jover Chew was jailed for 33 months for cheating his customers (Source: The StraitTimes)Singapore (VNA) – Jover Chew, former owner of Mobile Air, a mobile phone shop in Singapore’s Sim Lim Square, was jailed for 33 months for cheating his customers.
The 33-year-old man was also fined 2,000 SGD for a charge of insulting behaviour, according to the Singapore court’s ruling on November 30.
He was earlier charged for cheating 26 customers out of 16,149 SGD over 10-month period.
Chew pledged guilty to 12 charges in court on November 16, including 10 counts of swindling.
Four of Chew’s former employees are now serving 4-14 months in prison.
The swindling case was brought to light in 2014 as a video of a Vietnamese tourist begging Chew for a refund was spread on social media.
Pham Van Thoai paid 950 USD for an IPhone at Mobile Air as a birthday gift to his girlfriend but was asked to fork out an additional 1,500 USD in warranty fees.-VNA
