Wealth Planner - Pang Yu Heng, 27, who was a wealth planning manager with DBS Bank at the time of the alleged offences, was charged on Sept 5 with four counts of cheating and two counts of attempted cheating. The Singaporean is accused of cheating each of the four victims of between $24,000 and $190,000. His employment was terminated in June 2023.
Pang allegedly promoted fictitious fixed deposit products to his customers, promising high interest rates. In June 2023, officers received a report from a local bank about his alleged offences. He is accused of cheating his first victim of $74,000 over two occasions between early March and April 11, 2022.
He allegedly used a similar method to cheat three others from around March 15, 2022, to March 1, 2023. In addition, he is said to have tried but failed to cheat two people of another $240,000 in total in January and March 2023.
He is expected to plead guilty on Oct 17. For each count of cheating, an offender can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.
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