SINGAPORE – A man was handed a jail term of two years and nine months for his involvement in a botched snatch theft attempt and other offences.
Muhamad Sahlifi Suleiman, 44, pleaded guilty on Oct 24 to five charges: abetment of attempted robbery, cheating, drug consumption and two charges of drug possession.
According to court documents, Sahlifi was roped in by Tate Lim, who masterminded a plan to snatch $40,000 in cash from Mr Yin Yang in December 2022. Lim believed Mr Yin was wrongfully withholding the money from a woman, Ms Wang Mengmeng.
Mr Yin had made an arrangement with a man, identified as “Cyan”, to exchange the $40,000 for Chinese renminbi.
Separately, Ms Wang agreed to transfer some renminbi into Cyan’s account in exchange for $40,000 in cash.
Cyan later told Ms Wang and Mr Yin that he could not meet them in person. But he told Ms Wang that Mr Yin was his friend, and told Mr Yin that Ms Wang was his sister.
Mr Yin was carrying $40,000 in cash when he met Ms Wang on Dec 25, 2022.
Cyan told Ms Yang to transfer an undisclosed amount of Chinese currency to certain bank accounts. She did as instructed.
But Mr Yin refused to give her the $40,000 because none of the bank accounts belonged to him.
Both of them then went to the Jurong East Neighbourhood Police Centre to report the incident.
Upon learning this, Tate Lim asked his nephew, Teng Tze, and Sahlifi to meet near the police centre to discuss a plan to snatch the money from Mr Yin.
Sahlifi later offered Amzar Daiyan Abdul Ghafor $1,000 to snatch the money from Mr Yin.
