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Man jailed for spending S$9,000 mistakenly transferred by NTU<\/h2>\n

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for refusing to return more than S$9,000 mistakenly transferred to him by Nanyang Technological University (NTU)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Basheer Hanif Mohamed had instead spent the money on a hotel staycation as well as daily living expenses, according to court documents reported on by Channel NewsAsia (CNA).<\/p>\n

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S$9,087 mistakenly transferred by NTU into empty bank account<\/h3>\n

On 10 Nov 2023, an NTU finance officer said the university had mistakenly transferred S$9,087.04 into Basheer\u2019s POSB bank account.<\/p>\n

On the same day, Basheer noticed the sum in his account, which previously had no money.<\/p>\n

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Source: POSB Bank. Photo for illustration purposes only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But instead of alerting NTU or the bank, he withdrew the funds for his own use.<\/p>\n

He reportedly spent the money on a hotel staycation as well as daily living expenses.<\/p>\n

NTU & bank unable to contact him<\/h3>\n

The NTU finance officer and POSB attempted to contact Basheer multiple times about the error but were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

On 21 Nov 2023, the finance officer finally reached him via email.<\/p>\n

However, Basheer replied that he was not aware of the transfer, claiming he had stopped using the account.<\/p>\n

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