Singapore: Former law firm clerk admits misappropriating more than $122,000

Sufandi Ahmad pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal breach of trust and using a counterfeit stamp certificate in place of a genuine one linked to a certain property.

SINGAPORE – A former law firm conveyancing clerk, who is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence following an appeal, has admitted to misappropriating three cheques amounting to more than $122,000 in total while he was working for the firm.

On Dec 1, Sufandi Ahmad, 45, pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal breach of trust and using a counterfeit stamp certificate in place of a genuine one linked to a certain property.

Details about the property have been redacted from court documents, and the prosecution said he committed the latter offence to deceive a bank into disbursing a loan for its purchase.

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