SINGAPORE — A 34-year-old woman was charged on Friday (Aug 2) for her suspected role in e-commerce scams involving more than S$1.3 million in sham hotel room package bookings. Farah Diyanah Abdul Falik was handed 283 charges, mostly of cheating.
SINGAPORE — A 34-year-old woman was charged on Friday for her suspected role in e-commerce scams involving more than S$1.3 million in sham hotel room package bookings.Charge sheets stated that she allegedly deceived victims into believing hotel room reservations would be made for them, thus inducing them to make payments of varying amounts to her.Farah is represented by her lawyer Mohamed Baiross from IRB Law. No indication of plea was taken when she appeared in court on Friday.
After the victims had made payments through bank transfers and over PayNow, they allegedly failed to receive their bookings. Investigations revealed that she is believed to be involved in more than 900 non-fulfilled hotel room package bookings.
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