SINGAPORE — Over a span of three years, Siti Saliha Muhammad Hussain
She also falsified flight tickets, receipts and other supporting documents for her scheme, which she kept a secret from her family.She pleaded guilty to six counts of cheating, with another 14 charges taken into consideration for sentencing.The court heard that Siti made 20 fraudulent claims from them between March 2016 and September 2019. She received 17 payouts amounting to S$14,372.
At the time, she was not asked to give supporting receipts in order to obtain larger payouts. She then felt this was another opportunity to exploit the insurers. When she accidentally misplaced her wallet and iPhone during a trip to Tokyo, Japan, she lodged a false police report that someone had stolen the items.She then made a false insurance claim stating that her iPhone and S$5,000 cash were stolen. She also lied that her Lenovo Notepad laptop had been filched, because she knew there was a S$400 cap on the payout she could receive for losing personal cash.