SINGAPORE – A workplace and safety hygiene manager created fake Facebook and Carousell accounts using a female teenager’s name and photos in the hope of befriending girls online.
Chew Koh Leong, 45, later admitted that he had done so as he wanted to date girls secretly without letting his wife find out.
On Dec 22, he pleaded guilty and was convicted on two charges of obtaining sexual services from a person below the age of 18, and another for trying to get a child below the age of 16 to carry out an obscene or indecent at.
The victim cannot be named.
The court heard Chew created a Carousell account using a fake name and photo some time in 2022.
He admitted to using Carousell as he felt that it would be easier to hide his intentions from his wife as it is a platform for buying and selling goods.
In March 2022, he came across a posting of a dress for sale at $18. He then contacted the seller to buy the dress.
Impersonating a girl, he said he would send a brother – himself – to collect the dress and requested her mobile number.
