Woman faces 5 counts of cheating over purchase of watches, rings

Woman faces 5 counts of cheating over purchase of watches, rings

The valuables were worth RM200,000.

KUALA LUMPUR: A woman was charged in three magistrate’s courts here today on five counts of cheating in connection with the purchase of watches and diamond rings worth more than RM200,000.

Lau Yin Ling Inez, 27, who is unemployed, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

In the court before Magistrate Mahyudin Mohmad Som, Ying Ling was charged with deceiving Jonathan Lourdes, 30, into handing two Breitling and Tag Heuer watches, valued at RM37,000, using a payment transaction which was false, at Midvalley here at 1.35pm last March 12.

She was also charged with cheating Rosilah Subari, 46, by deceiving the woman into believing that she (Yin Ling) had transferred RM26,900 into a Maybank account for the purchase of two diamond rings.

The offence was committed at St Mary Residence, Jalan Tengah, here at 12.10pm last March 3.

In the court before Magistrate Maizatul Munirah Abdul Rahman, Yin Ling was charged with cheating Retheuwan Wan Chik, 79, by showing a HSBC receipt with a receipt number that did not exist, hence prompting Retheuwan to hand over a Rolex watch and a Royal Wedding coin collection at Mac Cafe Intermark PU3, Jalan Tun Razak, here last Feb 7.

She was also charged with cheating Lau Chew Weng, 33, by deceiving the victim into handing her a watch for RM80,000 through a payment transaction that was false at Bangsar South Camille Service Residence, in Brickfields, at 11.30am last Jan 10.

The fifth charge was made before Magistrate Siti Radziah Kamarudin, where Yin Ling was charged with deceiving Aida Othman, 38, by making a transaction payment for RM59,000 that was false for Aida to hand over a Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch.

The offence was allegedly committed at Restoran Decanter in Brickfields at 7pm last Feb 4.

All the charges were made under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which provides an imprisonment for up to 10 years with whipping and liable to fine, if found guilty.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Noor Farah Adilah Noordin, Amirul Asyraf Abdul Rasid and K Vasugi. Yin Ling was unrepresented.

The respective courts set May 17, 18 and 24 for mention.

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