Jail for 2 foreigners over ruse to buy luxury goods with other individuals’ credit card details

There were at least five other people in the group, including the pair.

Zhang then called Jung via Telegram, and the pair met at the airport before going their separate ways.

Later that morning, Jung contacted the group and was told to go to certain locations to buy luxury watches.

He then took a taxi to Golden Landmark Shopping Complex, went to a watch store there and told its sales manager that he wanted to buy a Rolex Submariner.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Delicia Tan said: “As instructed by the people on the call, (Jung told the manager) that he wanted to purchase the watch and would pay using ‘his’ credit card on the phone.”

The manager then asked if Jung could pay by using a physical credit card since it was a large purchase.

Jung replied that he could pay only with the mobile phone and presented to the manager a credit card stored in the device.

The manager then took out a point-of-sale machine, and Jung tried to use the phone to pay for the timepiece.

When the transaction failed, Jung tried to use the details of another credit card stored on the phone, and left the store after failing again.

He later tried to purchase a luxury watch at another store.

DPP Tan told the court: “The manager of that shop found the accused to be suspicious. He therefore asked for the accused’s passport and made a photocopy of (it). The manager then lodged a police report against the accused.

“Investigations revealed that, shortly after leaving that shop, the accused told the people in the… group chat that he wanted to return to Taiwan, and they purchased an air ticket for (him).”

He was arrested later that day while waiting for his flight to Taiwan at Changi Airport.

Meanwhile, Zhang took a taxi to an undisclosed location on Nov 6, 2025, and decided not the follow the instructions which he had received from a contact in Taiwan.

He returned to the airport the next day and was arrested after he was traced by the police.