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一名44岁男子在15天内，向多名德士司机佯称丢了钱包要求借钱，之后再逃离现场。男子今天（20日）被警方逮捕，并将在明天（21日）以欺骗罪名被控。
新加坡警察部队今天在文告中表示，这个月2日到17日之间，警方接到多起针对同一个男子的报案。
这名男子在坐上德士，开始计费后，先让司机去一个巴刹，再到自己的目的地。
男子随后称找不到自己的钱包，没钱购买食物，并向不同德士司机借了60元到100元不等的款项。
他之后在没有付德士费的情况下下车，并且也没有再回来还借的钱。
通过广泛的走访询问和后续调查，宏茂桥警署的警员终于确定了嫌犯的身份，并于今天在马西岭路逮捕了他。
如欺骗罪名成立，嫌犯可能面对长达十年的有期徒刑，也可被处以罚款。
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SINGAPORE - He
would book or flag down a taxi and then get the cabbies to stop at
a food centre and asked them for loans, claiming he did not have
enough money to pay for food.
In all,
Muhamad Farib Hassan cheated more than 30 taxi drivers of about
$2,600 between May and October 2015, a district court heard.
He faced 77
charges, including two counts each of theft and drug-related
charges.
On Monday
(March 14) , the 43-year-old was sentenced to 15 months' jail after
pleading guilty to 26 charges. The sentence was backdated to his
remand on Oct 9 in 2015.
Deputy Public
Prosecutor Makoto Hong told the court that sometime in May 2015,
Farib devised a plan to cheat taxi drivers . He would make taxi
bookings by providing false numbers and names, using public
phones.
When the taxi
arrives to pick him up in Marsiling, he would ask the cabby to take
him to Haig Road Market along Geylang Road.
He deceived
the driver into believing that he would pay the taxi fare when he
had no intention to do so.
DPP Hong said
Farib dishonestly induced 12 victims to provide him with taxi
transportation services totalling $448 over five months. The fares
were between $27 and $51.
When he
arrived at Haig Road Market, he would ask the driver to wait for
him in the taxi on the pretext of collecting some food, usually
some cakes, from the market.
He would
return shortly and ask to borrow money from the victim for his food
collection, giving the excuse that he did not have any cash with
him and needed to withdraw money from the nearest OCBC ATM machine
at City Plaza.
He would
promise to repay the loan after his food collection. Once the
victim has lent him the money, he would disappear and spend the
money subsequently.
He dishonestly
induced the 12 victims to deliver a total of $550 to him.
On Aug 11 last
year, the court heard that he boarded Mr Abdul Karim Mohamed's taxi
at Woodlands Drive and asked him to drive him to Haig Road
Market.
On arrival,
Farib asked the driver to wait for him, claiming that he had to
collect food from the market, but the driver refused and asked him
to pay the fare first.
Farib then
left his pouch on the front passenger seat and left.
He returned a
few minutes later and asked Mr Karim to lend him money for his food
collection, but Mr Karim refused and asked him to pay the taxi
fare.
Farib then
opened the front passenger door and took his wallet which was
inside the pouch. He also took Mr Karim's $800 cellphone and ran
towards the market. Mr Karim gave chase but to no avail.
Farib, who did
not return any of the money, was arrested at his home in Marsiling
Road on Oct 7. A urine sample taken showed he had taken
morphine.
Investigation
showed that he had consumed heroin about two days earlier at Teban
Gardens to relieve his stress from his personal problems.
Mr Leon Koh,
his lawyer assigned under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, said due
to his client's sexual orientation, he was shunned by his family
and friends. He said Farib was "sincerely apologetic and accepts
that he deserved the 15 months that the prosecution is
proposing''.
Farib could
have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined for cheating. For
simple cheating or theft, the maximum penalty is three years and a
fine.