SINGAPORE — Between 2019 and 2023, David Chua cheated customers of a travel agency where he worked and strangers on Carousell to fund his gambling habit.
David Chua came up with different ways to cheat money from various victims because he needed to repay gambling debtsHe cheated one victim of close to S$125,000 promising investment opportunities and also asked the victim to lend him S$40,000
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ryan Lim said: “On at least two of those occasions, he told the customer that he would be able to provide discounts if they did so.” Between Aug 13 and Oct 23 in 2022, he cheated five people of at least S$20,830 through online marketplace Carousell by promising to sell them tickets to an e-gaming tournament. The buyers never got the tickets.Of the five victims he fleeced, he made full restitution of S$900 to three of them and made none to two others, including one from whom he cheated S$17,260.
Around December that year, Chua told this sixth victim that the trading account used for one of the victim’s investments had been frozen. He instructed the victim to get in touch with his supposed friend and broker named"Khun Nai" for assistance. Khun Nai was Chua himself.
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