According to a Police media release, 3 men and 2 women between the ages of 34 & 59 will be charged for obtaining multiple facemasks from vending machines.
The Police said that the 5 individuals had obtained NRIC details illegally and used them on the machine.
One of them, a 59-year-old man allegedly used other’s people’s NRIC to obtain 13 facemasks by “collection on behalf” and the Police found another 244 facemask which the Police suspects that they were also obtained illegally.
All 4 other suspects used a similar method of obtaining the facemask illegally by using other people’s NRIC details.
Anyone found guilty of cheating may face a jail sentence of up to 10 years & fine.Â
For stealing other people’s personal information such as NRIC, they may face a jail sentence of up to 3 years and/or be fined SGD$10,000.Â
Any person who has in his possession or conveys in any manner anything which may be reasonably suspected of being stolen or fraudulently obtained shall if they fails to account satisfactorily how he came by the same, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 and/or jailed of up to1 year.