{"id":11490,"date":"2025-11-14T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11490"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:15:31","slug":"ex-md-of-luxury-jet-firm-accused-of-cheating-allegedly-committed-drink-driving-while-out-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11490","title":{"rendered":"Ex-MD of luxury jet firm accused of cheating allegedly committed drink driving while out on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; A former managing director of a failed luxury jet operator,<!-- --> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/former-managing-director-of-bankrupt-luxury-jet-firm-charged-with-embezzling-over-11-million?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">who has been charged with cheating<\/p>\n<p><\/a>, was out on bail when he allegedly got into an accident while drink driving in <!-- -->April<!-- -->. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Cassidy Geoffery Owen<!-- -->, 37, <!-- -->was <!-- -->charged on Nov 13<!-- --> with offences including drink driving and <!-- -->driving <!-- -->without due care and attention. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He <!-- -->was earlier handed more than 30 charges in October 2022 for offences such as cheating and criminal breach of trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police <!-- -->had said earlier<!-- --> that he allegedly misappropriated more than $11 million from <!-- -->Zetta Jet, where<!-- --> <!-- -->he was a managing director between 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For his current case, Owen is accused of consuming alcohol before he drove a car along Holland Road shortly before midnight on April 11<!-- -->, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After his car allegedly side-swept another car that was travelling on his left,<!-- --> he is said to have failed to stop his car <!-- -->to render assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Later, he was allegedly found to have at least 74 micrograms <!-- -->(mcg)<!-- --> of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, <!-- -->which is more than double the\u00a0prescribed\u00a0limit\u00a0of 35 mcg of alcohol in the same amount of breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Owen\u2019s pre-trial conference will be held on Feb 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore courts\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore courts<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Crime\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Crime<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Cheating\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Cheating<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Drink driving\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Drink driving<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/ex-md-of-luxury-jet-firm-accused-of-cheating-allegedly-committed-drink-driving-while-out-on-bail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; 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