Ex-car salesman gets jail for cheating buyers of over $340k

After his arrest for cheating one customer, he used similar ruse to dupe second victim

- Shaffiq Alkhatib

A sales consultant at a car firm, who duped a customer into transferring $278,800 to his bank account, was arrested in February 2024 and later released on bail. But Suey Seng Chuan did not learn his lesson.

Later that year, while working at another car firm, he used a similar ruse to cheat a second victim of $62,500.

The 39-year-old Singaporean, who committed the offences to feed his gambling habit and did not make any restitution, was sentenced to five years' jail on June 16 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating.

Without revealing details, Deputy Public Prosecutor Joelle Loy told the court that Suey has a history of committing numerous property-related offences since 2010.

He started working for the first car firm in July 2020.

On Oct 6, 2023, a woman entered into an agreement with the company to buy a Mercedes-Benz car and paid the firm $30,785.