Ex-research fellow jailed 20 weeks for cheating NUS of S$39,000 by submitting fake expense claims

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SINGAPORE — A 42-year-old former research fellow from the National University of Singapore (NUS) was jailed for 20 weeks on Monday (July 25) for submitting fake or inflated claims to the school, amounting to about S$39,500.

Thomas Teh Kok Hiong, who worked at the university’s department of biomedical engineering, also submitted claims for expenses incurred by his family members. He altered receipts and invoices to make his expense reports seem more legitimate.

The standard protocol was for a verifier to go through claims that are submitted to ensure that they complied with NUS’ regulations, had proper supporting documents attached and that there was enough money to reimburse the claimant. He lied that he was buying items for projects when they were for his personal use or fictitious in nature.

 

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