Building manager of posh Scotts Road condo used access card to steal $100k in cash and items from residents
SINGAPORE - Using an access card he created for units at the Scotts Square condominium, a building manager entered residents' homes and stole $28,000 in cash and three Hermes handbags worth nearly $86,000 in total. Teh Jiahe, now 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Oct 12) to three counts of theft committed in three homes. Two other counts of theft linked to two apartments will be considered during sentencing. The Singaporean stole a pair of shoes worth $2,000 and two books from these two units. The offences were committed last year. The 43-storey development in Scotts Road has 338 units. The smaller one-bedroom units are being offered for sale on the resale market in excess of $2 million, while the three-bedroom units are on the market for nearly $5 million. Deputy Public Prosecutor Jaime Pang said that Teh's job scope included managing the property's facilities and dealing with residents' complaints. The Singaporean also had use of a computer system that coded access cards which allowed entry into residents' homes. The court heard that Teh had to create such an access card three years before the offences because he forgot to bring the one issued to him for work. Court documents do not...
