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SINGAPORE – Another member of a trio who stole more than $ 350,000 in cash from a prospective bitcoin buyer admitted in court that he was involved in the theft.
Jaromel Gee Ming Li, 29, was sentenced to three years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane on Thursday (September 9).
He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy with Mohd Abdul Rahman Mohamad and Syed Mokhtar Syed Yusope, both 39, to commit a robbery in 2018.
Abdul Rahman’s case is still pending, while Mokhtar pleaded guilty to a robbery charge on Wednesday.
The court documents stated that Gee was involved in bitcoin brokerage and would arrange transactions between parties who wanted to buy and sell bitcoins.
He also hired Abdul Rahman to help him with transactions, which usually involved potential buyers bringing large sums of cash in exchange for bitcoins.
In April 2018, the couple planned to steal potential buyers without transferring or selling bitcoins to them.
On April 8 of that year, Malaysian Pang Joon Hau was in Singapore to buy bitcoins from sellers here.
He had cash totaling $ 365,000 in his possession and was staying at a branch of Hotel 81 on Middle Road with a bitcoin investor, Mr. Teo Chern Wei.
Gee had learned of Mr. Pang’s intention through a contact and alerted Abdul Rahman, telling him to take someone else to commit the robbery.
Abdul Rahman tied up Mokhtar, and the two men met at the hotel at around 11:40 pm the same day.
The couple and a bitcoin broker, Mr. Lee Chee Kwok, later met with Mr. Pang and Mr. Teo in the hotel room.
Mokhtar then beat Mr. Pang and Mr. Lee, while Abdul Rahman attacked Mr. Teo.
The duo left after Abdul Rahman grabbed a backpack containing the $ 365,000.
Later, Mokhtar was awarded $ 10,000, but Gee received no money as Abdul Rahman was arrested two days later.
Gee was finally arrested on April 18, 2018. Court documents did not establish how his involvement in the robbery was discovered.
His jail sentence dates back to February 7 of this year, when he was placed in preventive detention. Court records showed that he also faces charges of cheating in unrelated incidents.
Criminals convicted of committing a robbery between 7:00 p.m. M. And 7:00 a. M. They can be imprisoned for up to 14 years and receive at least 12 strokes of the baton.
Abdul Rahman’s ex-wife, Yogeshwry Raman, was also in court Thursday and pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly receiving stolen property from Abdul Rahman.
This included $ 5,000 in cash and items he obtained in exchange for some of the stolen money, such as a $ 45,800 worth of Rolex watch.
He had passed the items on to Yogeshwry, 35, for storage on April 10 near the Marriot hotel on Orchard Road.
Yogeshwry lied to the police after her ex-husband’s arrest, saying that she had not met him or received any articles from him.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of using criminal force against a police officer for spitting at him in a separate incident at his residence in 2017.
District Judge Brenda Tan sentenced Yogeshwry to nine weeks in jail and is expected to turn himself in on October 15 to begin serving his sentence.
For her crime of dishonestly receiving stolen property, she could have been imprisoned for up to five years and / or fined.
She could also have been jailed for up to two years and / or fined for using criminal force against the police officer.
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