Three strokes of a bamboo cane for Singapore forum 'scammer'
Date: July 01, 2008Source: The Register
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A British man faces caning and a prison sentence for allegedly conning members of an IT forum in Singapore.
Members of the VR-Zone forum used "mass ordering" to make savings when buying hardware - they teamed up to make large orders which earned them discounts. But Johnson Henry Plant, a 36-year-old British national, is accused of exploiting this to con $10,000 SGD (£3,700) out of over 50 forum members.
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