2 men, aged 27 & 32, arrested for allegedly using 16 credit cards to buy more than S$46,000 of e-vouchers at Great World City & The Seletar Mall

The Singapore police have arrested two men, aged 27 and 32, for their suspected involvement in a series of unauthorised credit card transactions.

The police were alerted on Jul. 8 at about 2:20pm to multiple cases of unauthorised credit card transactions believed to be used to purchase e-vouchers at Great World City and The Seletar Mall.

Through internal investigations by the mall operator, it was discovered that two loyalty programme members had allegedly made fraudulent transactions using 16 different credit cards, executing 22 transactions to obtain e-vouchers worth more than S$46,000.

The identities of the two men were established with the aid of images from surveillance cameras and they were arrested within 32 hours.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the men had allegedly redeemed the e-vouchers at various retail outlets to purchase high-value electronic items worth more than S$45,000.

Various items including mobile phone accessories and cash amounting to more than S$600 were seized as case exhibits.

Both men will be charged in court on Jul. 11 with the offence of conspiracy to cheat.

The offence carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years and a fine.

The police said they take a serious view of persons who may be involved in scams and fraudulent activities.

Members of the public can visit www.scamshield.gov.sg or call the ScamShield Helpline at 1799 for more information on scams.

Anyone with information on such scams may call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness.

All information will be kept strictly confidential.

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