What would you do if he is your son?

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This guy damn good can lie like anything.

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Man fakes dad’s death to cheat 4 friends of $9,000
02 Jul 2013

Four friends lent Chia Wei Jian $9,000 for his dad’s funeral expenses – then went to his home where the “dead man” opened the door.

Chia, 28, now a chief technology officer, was yesterday fined $8,000 for cheating.

According to a report from The Straits Times, he had pretended to weep when he called buddy Loh Chung Howe, 39, on April 29 last year, begging to borrow $3,000 after texting him the tragic news five hours earlier.

He then drove to Mr Loh’s house at 11.30pm and took him to an ATM to withdraw the money. He also told Mr Loh that the wake was to be held at a funeral parlour in Lavender Street.

The next day, Mr Loh visited the parlour to pay his respects – but there was no sign of any wake for Chia’s father. Mr Loh then called three other friends he knew had also lent money to Chia, and they decided to go to his house. They rang the doorbell – and seconds later, were shocked to be confronted by Chia’s father.

Mr Loh went to the police on May 1 that year. Chia admitted to the offences, which were carried out in April last year. He also cheated two other friends with similar lies.

On April 29, he got one to lend him $2,000 after he claimed that he had knocked down a pedestrian and that he needed the sum urgently to compensate the victim. Then on May 22 last year, he called another mate in Singapore to say that he had lost all his money to a pickpocket in Kuala Lumpur. The friend transferred $1,800 into his bank account.

Police investigations revealed that Chia had suffered huge losses in trading shares early last year.




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