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Yang Yin jailed 26 months for falsification, cheating and immigration offences

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The former tour guide at the heart of the case involving an elderly widow’s assets was sentenced on Thursday (29 September) to 26 months in jail for falsification, immigration and cheating-related offences.

Yang Yin, 42, pleaded guilty to 120 charges in May while another 227 charges were taken into consideration.

The majority of the 120 charges were for falsification of receipts made to his company, Young Music and Dance Studio.

Yang planned to create the appearance that his company was profitable and that his income was sufficient to support his application for an employment pass and subsequently, permanent residency in Singapore, court documents showed.

According to a report by The Straits Times on Thursday, deputy presiding judge of the state courts, Jennifer Marie, said, “This sentence adequately sends a strong signal to deter like-minded offenders that foreigners who gain entry to or remain under false pretenses in Singapore should not be allowed to get off with a slap on their wrists.”

Last month, Yang pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal breach of trust for misappropriating $1.1 million from 89-year-old widow Chung Khin Chun. Yang misappropriated $500,000 and $600,000 from her, in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

The prosecution has asked for a jail term of 10 to 12 years for the two offences. Yang will be sentenced for these offences on Friday (30 September).