SINGAPORE — A former employee of Wirecard Asia was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail on Tuesday (Oct 10) for helping her superiors embezzle S$47,000
helping her superiors embezzle S$47,000 from the subsidiaryThe logo of German payments provider Wirecard is seen at a building of the company's headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, Germany on Nov 18, 2020.Singaporean See Lee Wee, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal breach of trust with two counts of money laundering taken into consideration.
See, also known as Krystal, worked as a controlling manager at Wirecard Asia, and was responsible for financial planning and analysis for Wirecard entities in the Asia-Pacific region. After Chai confirmed this, Edo approached See and said he needed cash urgently. He asked her to take a loan from Wirecard Asia, and to withdraw the cash and hand it to him as soon as possible.
Chai arranged for S$47,000 to be transferred from Wirecard Asia's bank account to See's personal bank account. Mr Kang said it was quite clear that See and other junior staff were manipulated by the main players in relation to the criminal conduct.
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