SINGAPORE — After being told by a woman that he would receive a discount on each case of Pokemon cards from his bulk purchase on Carousell, one buyer paid her close to S$80,000 in deposits.
Another buyer consolidated orders from members of the Pokemon TCG Facebook group and paid a deposit sum of S$20,840.The woman, Koh Jia Wen, 26, was sentenced to 31 months' jail after pleading guilty on Thursday to four counts of cheating.
When interested buyers contacted her, she would inform them that the cards had to be pre-ordered and asked them to pay a 50 per cent deposit. For one buyer, for instance, he pre-ordered 74 cases from Koh in 2021 and transferred a total of S$83,300 to her designated bank accounts. Court documents did not state if this acquaintance would be facing charges for his role in the scheme.
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