A woman with a past criminal record lied to SAF Yacht Club when applying for the job and she used her position to stole over SGD$6,800 in cash, Straits Times reported.
42-year-old Jai Chithra Sunmugvale was sentenced to 1 year and three months in jail for criminal breach of trust and cheating. An additional 50 days was added to her jail sentence for her previous offences.
Stealing from the cash register
Jai’s position at SAF Yacht Club is a customer service assistant who manages cash payments and mans the front desk.
At the end of each day, the cashier is supposed to transfer the money into the safe. However, on 29 November 2020 Jai did not do so and took a total of SGD$6,870 from the cash register and she eventually spend it all.
Her crime was discovered the next day when her colleague realised that money was missing.
Renting out a flat without permission
In a separate incident, Jai who was helping her sister-in-law to look for a home manage to do so and her sister in law managed to buy a flat. However, the owner of the flat was not ready to move.
Jai offered a rental to the current owner pocketing $1,200. The Sister-in-law did not give consent for her to perform the transaction.
Which also became a Police case.