SINGAPORE — A National University of Singapore (NUS) staff member cheated his employer into reimbursing him a total of S$39,452.44 for false claims over eight years.
Thomas Teh Kok Hiong, 42, was a research fellow with the Department of Biomedical Engineering when he made the claims, purportedly for work-related equipment. Instead, Teh actually submitted claims for items he bought for personal use, or for his family members’ use.
Teh pleaded guilty on Tuesday (14 June) to five counts of cheating and two counts of forgery. His sentencing has been adjourned to 25 July.
Teh submitted 22 claims between October 2010 and September 2018.
These were purportedly for items such as wire cables, polycarbonate, steel, desoldering kits, alcohol wipes, drill bits, thermoscanners and absorbent pads, among other things. As per usual procedure, he would submit his claims through an electronic system accessible via the NUS staff portal. After the claim was submitted, the expense report will be routed to a verifier who would ensure that the proper documentation was attached.
The claim would then be routed to a claim approver who would perform a second round of checks. The claim would be sent to the Office of Finance for the reimbursement. No physical checks would be conducted to verify that the goods in the claims were actually obtained.
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