Man in conspiracy to cheat Spring Singapore of $85,000 jailed

A director of a group of IT solution companies worked with others to dupe Spring Singapore into disbursing $85,000 in public funds.

- Shaffiq Alkhatib

At the time of the offences, Donovan Goh Shen Shu was also a shareholder in the companies — IT Works Solutions, IT Works HR Systems, IT Works Accounting Systems, IT Works ERP Systems and IT Works Inventory Systems.

Goh, 36, who committed the offences in 2015 and has not made restitution, was sentenced to a year and 10 months' jail on March 12. He had pleaded guilty to five counts each of cheating and falsification of accounts. Twenty other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing.

The prosecution said Goh committed cheating with Dexter Ng Wing Hong, who was then also a director at the same group of companies, collectively known as ITWG.

Court documents did not state if Ng has been charged in court or if he had been dealt with earlier.

Spring Singapore has since merged with International Enterprise Singapore, forming the current agency known as Enterprise Singapore.