Man gets jail for forging payslips with higher salary to get credit card for Bitcoin purchases

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SINGAPORE: A man who forged his payslips so he could get a credit card with a higher limit for the purchase of bitcoin was sentenced to six months\u0027 jail on Wednesday (Feb 9). Lin Min

for the purchase of bitcoin was sentenced to six months' jail on Wednesday .

However, instead of declaring this income in the credit card application, he used a payslip he previously received from his former employer Mediacorp in October 2019 as a template. The payslip showed a monthly salary of S$8,100. He did not make any payments towards this sum of money, and Citibank cancelled his card on Jun 15, 2020. As of Aug 17, 2020, the outstanding balance to be paid on the card was S$33,638.95, including interest. Lin's forgeries caused Citibank to suffer a loss of S$9,638.95, according to court documents.

 

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