SINGAPORE – A fitness trainer conned his victim into believing that he needed money to pay for his mother’ s medical bills, rental arrears for two flats, insurance and even ransom for his kidnapped daughter.
Between August 2012 and March 2013, Kelvin Kwan Ban Hock duped civil servant Goh Wee Hou, 37, of a total of $462,700 which Kwan used to settle his gambling debts and personal expenses. No restitution has been made.
On Monday (Jan 23), the 30-year-old father of one was sentenced to five years and two months in jail after admitting to 17 charges, including two drug-related offences.
Forty-two other cheating charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Thiagesh Sukumaran said that Kwan …
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