The Hong San Temple Association accountant went to the casino on an almost daily basis during the period of her offences.
SINGAPORE: A woman who worked as the only administrative clerk and accountant at a temple became addicted to gambling, visiting the casino almost daily.
She pleaded guilty to one count of forging valuable securities by altering the payees of 16 signed cheques with a total value of S$207,234. The temple funds came from public donations. In order to disburse funds from the temple, signatures from signatories at the temple were required. Between Apr 27, 2019 and Mar 10, 2020, Li addressed cheques payable to legitimate vendors using the erasable pen. After obtaining signatures from the authorised signatories, she would erase the names of the vendors and fill in her own name.
On Mar 10, 2020, Li wrote a letter apologising to the temple staff, saying that she had stolen from them but did not specify how much. Meanwhile, one of the temple signatories received a bank statement and noticed discrepancies. He checked past statements and began to suspect that Li had been stealing, as she had not come to work for a while.Li's husband advised her to surrender and she did so in late March 2020.
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