SINGAPORE: Over a period of eight years, a research fellow made almost S$40,000 worth of false claims from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
To cover his tracks, Thomas Teh Kok Hiong, 42, doctored receipts and invoices to justify the false claims for personal purchases and purchases he did not actually make.
On Tuesday (Jun 14), he pleaded guilty to five counts of cheating and two counts of forgery. Another 20 charges will be considered when he returns for sentencing in July.
Investigations showed that Teh submitted expense reports containing false or inflated claims and claims for expenses that he did not incur, but were, for example, incurred by his family members.
Between October 2010 and September 2018, Teh submitted 22 expense reports and duped NUS into reimbursing him close to S$40,000 for expenses he claimed were for research purposes.
He also admitted to forging payment documents to get approval for claims on two occasions.
In October 2017, Teh engaged a shop to install solar film for his car and paid S$300 for the personal purchase.
He then used a blank invoice issued by the shop and reflected S$4,815 as the price for "UV protective film for lab hood and cabinets", which he submitted to NUS.
In January 2018, he entered S$2,820 into a blank cash sale document to support an expense claim for research equipment. He had actually spent about S$1,000 on a labeller and radio for his own use.
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