Man jailed for pretending to supply gloves and face masks during COVID-19 pandemic, cheating 11 victims of S$3.79 million

A Singapore man has been jailed for defrauding victims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Channel NewsAsia reports that Gerald Chan Tzen-Chou swindled eleven people out of three point seven nine million Singapore dollars by impersonating a supplier of face masks and gloves. He convinced at least one victim that an Indonesian factory he represented had access to global pandemic demand — but the factory, the company, and the investment opportunity were all fabrications.

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