SINGAPORE: The director of an autism spectrum disorder day activity centre was sentenced to three months and two weeks’ jail on Friday (Oct 9) for cheating the social service agency that operated the centre out of S$24,750 (US$19,330).
Steven Tan Teck Liang, 63, was the director of Blue Cross Thong Kheng Autism Spectrum Disorder Day Activity Centre at the time of the offence. He had been in the position since 2017.
Tan pleaded guilty to an amalgamated charge of cheating at the State Courts. The names of others involved in this case have been redacted from court documents.
The social service agency he cheated was Thong Kheng Welfare Services Society, which operates centres serving people with special needs, including the one Tan was director of.
In April 2024, Blue Cross hired six new foreign workers, and Tan arranged for them to be housed at his mother’s flat. He did not tell Thong Kheng Welfare Services Society that the flat belonged to his mother.
Tan asked his brother to draw up a tenancy agreement dated Apr 1, 2024, and arranged for it to be sent to the chief executive of Thong Kheng Welfare Services Society.
The CEO signed the agreement, which provided for monthly rent of S$2,750 and a rental deposit of S$2,750 for a 12-month tenancy period from Apr 1, 2024, to Mar 31, 2025.
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