4 arrested over roles in providing modified Foodpanda app to facilitate illegal work for foreigners

These foreign unauthorised users were found to have paid fees of between $50 and $120 per week to use the modified application.

They were also given instructions on how to install and use the modified application to impersonate the actual account owner and accept job assignments via the food delivery platform.

The four men will be charged with the offence of access with intent to commit cheating under the Computer Misuse Act and the Penal Code.

If found guilty, they could each face a jail term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $50,000, or both.

In Singapore, it is illegal for foreigners to enter into platform work arrangements with platform operators, or to impersonate local platform workers and perform work using their accounts.

According to the police, MOM will also be investigating foreigners who worked illegally as platform workers for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.