SG man who used stolen credit card info to buy air purifier, jigsaw puzzles gets 10 weeks’ jail


In his submissions, DPP Bin said Han used the stolen credit card details to buy these items not because he needed them, but because he was bored. He also noted that the incident was not one-off and Han had done so on several occasions. — Image by mrsiraphol on Freepik

SINGAPORE: Bored while he was quarantined in a hotel in 2020, a man researched on how to scam others, and came across the idea of using stolen credit card details to carry out fraudulent transactions.

He sat on the idea and, between 2021 and 2022, used stolen credit card details to purchase an air purifier, jigsaw puzzles and cookbooks, among other things.

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