SINGAPORE – A customer relations officer at Marina Square created 2,172 fraudulent accounts in the shopping mall’s membership phone application to receive e-vouchers worth nearly $28,000 under a referral scheme.
Aravindran Vallaban, 26, was sentenced to a year and eight months’ jail on Jan 2 after he pleaded guilty to a cheating charge.
He used the e-vouchers for his personal expenditure at Marina Square, and has since made full restitution of the amount he gained from cheating.
At the time of the offence, he was an assistant customer relations supervisor at real estate developer Singapore Land Group, which runs Marina Square and is the parent company of MCH Holdings.
When he was working at Marina Square, his duties included managing the daily operations at an information counter, handling customer inquiries, and assisting with the shopping mall’s promotions.
In April 2024, MCH launched a membership referral campaign as part of its promotional efforts for the mall.
Upon the successful registration of each new member, both the new member and the referring member would receive $5 e-vouchers credited to their respective Marina Square membership accounts for use at the mall’s stores.
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