Norizal Mohamed Yatim, 33-years-old, is allegedly involved in a job scam and he was charged earlier today (18 January) with one count of cheating.
He is being accused to lying to a man and making him believe that a company called Empire Limousine Services had hired him to be a driver.
He is also being accused of lying to the victim to make him give him an iPhone worth about $249, as well as $230 in cash.
What happened?
Norizal allegedly committed the crimes near Telok Blangah Road on 13 December 2021, at the Seah Im Food Centre.
Police officers had received several reports about a man promising to help them get a “high paying chauffeur job”.
The victim were allegedly told to pass him about $200 for the job as “administrative payments”.
They were then allegedly told to buy a mobile phone, sign up for a telco line and hand over the purchased phone to Norizal for their use int he “chauffeur job”.
The victims were allegedly told that the money would be reimbursed to them.
However, the victims would then realise that they had been scammed when they didn’t get any monetary reimbursement, their phones back of the jobs that they were promised.
Police officers from the Clementi Police Division then arrested Norizal on Monday following investigations into the matter.
His case has been adjourned to 25 January.