Singapore:

An Indian-origin Singaporean was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail after he pleaded responsible to 6 fees, together with 5 for dishonest by impersonation at hospitals and polyclinics throughout the town state for medical therapy for again ache.

As a substitute of registering as himself, Logeswaran Mohandas, 42, posed as his brother and an acquaintance, who ended up being charged for his medical payments.

Logeswaran had one other 19 fees – most of which have been for comparable offences – considered in his sentencing, in accordance with a report by The Straits Instances.

The court docket heard that the assorted payments with the hospitals have since been settled, and that Logeswaran has repaid his brother through instalments whereas his acquaintance didn’t want for any restitution.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Chan Yi Cheng mentioned Logeswaran and his acquaintance, who first met him at a temple, had not seen one another since 2011.

Since then, Logeswaran would often contact the acquaintance to borrow cash.

In 2015, Logeswaran contacted the acquaintance and requested for a duplicate of his id card and identify card, claiming that he may register him as a transport contractor with the resort that he was working for on the time.

After the acquaintance despatched images of his id card and identify card, Logeswaran didn’t contact him with any job alternatives on the resort.

As a substitute, Logeswaran visited hospitals and clinics on eight events between April 29, 2016, and March 6, 2018.

Giving his acquaintance’s id card quantity to the hospital employees for registration, Logeswaran consulted a health care provider for his again ache fow which he was given medicine.

Logeswaran incurred payments totalling SGD 421.74 for eight well being points. The acquaintance, who obtained a number of letters informing him of the excellent medical payments, notified the police.

Logeswaran had equally impersonated his brother on 9 events on the Nationwide College Hospital (NUH) between Might 1, 2018, and September 16, 2019, and incurred payments totalling SGD 945.35.

After receiving payments from NUH, Logeswaran’s brother filed a police report on February 10, 2020.

District choose Lim Tse Haw mentioned whereas a wonderful might seem enough, given the quantities concerned in every cost of dishonest was small, the totality of Logeswaran’s conduct justified a jail time period.

The assorted hospitals and polyclinics that Logeswaran had focused accepted him in good religion, the choose mentioned, including that in the event that they have been to tighten their procedures following the offences, it could create lots of inconvenience for real sufferers. 

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