Former CRA Employee Sentenced to Prison for Printer Cartridge Scam

Zulkiflie Yacob, 45, who used to work for the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) in Singapore, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced on April 3Former CRA Employee Sentenced to Prison for Printer Cartridge Scam
Singapore media outlet The Straits Times reported that a former senior executive of a government agency has been sentenced to over two years in prison for misappropriating more than 750 printer cartridges worth over SGD93,000 ($70,118) and selling them online.

Ex-CRA Officer Sold Misappropriated Printer Cartridges on Carousell
Zulkiflie Yacob, 45, had deliberately over-ordered cartridges between April 2016 and October 2018 and sold them on the online marketplace Carousell, pocketing the sales proceeds.

The CRA discovered the discrepancies between the number of cartridges purchased and used and the number of items left in stock. This led to a police report and Zulkiflie’s arrest in March 2020. In the course of investigations, Zulkiflie disclosed that he had declared financial embarrassment in 2015 and had utilized the funds obtained from selling the misappropriated cartridges to cover his expenses and pay off outstanding bills.
 
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