Bugis Ban Mian Stall Manager Siphons S$15K From April To October 2022
F&B managers are often tasked with running a stall and keeping the staff under them in check.
But the manager of a ban mian stall in Bugis did quite the opposite, instructing his staff to underreport sales so he could siphon funds.
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After stealing S$15,000 in about seven months, the manager was sentenced to four months’ jail on Tuesday (21 Feb).
Bugis ban mian stall manager teaches employees how to evade CCTV
According to Shin Min Daily News, 29-year-old Huang Zhi Wen (transliterated from Chinese) was the manager of Ng Kuan Chilli Pan Mee’s Bencoolen Street outlet.
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Apart from managing the stall’s day-to-day operations, the Malaysian national was also responsible for the shop’s accounts.
Between April and October 2022, however, Huang reportedly instructed his employees to key in fewer orders at the stall’s point-of-sale (POS) terminal.
He also taught them how to evade the security camera’s viewing angle so that it wouldn’t record their actions.
Huang would then pocket the excess cash from the stall’s daily turnover.
On days that Huang wasn’t at work, he’d apparently ask his employees to deliver the extra cash to his house.
Huang’s unscrupulous actions only came to light last October when someone alerted the owner of the ban mian chain.
Upon combing through the CCTV footage, the owner caught Huang and two other employees extracting cash from the POS terminal.
Manager’s family reportedly faced financial difficulties
In total, Huang reportedly siphoned S$15,000 from the stall over a seven-month period. This averages out to about S$100 to S$150 daily.
Pleading his case in court, Huang said his mother had lost her eyesight and that his family had run into financial difficulties.
Additionally, Huang claimed that he was scammed of about RM20,000 (S$6,000) in a bid to help his mother restore her vision.
Apart from his mother, Huang reportedly also has to take care of his elderly grandmother and his wife.
In a bid to mitigate his punishment, Huang said:
I did not tell my mother about my crimes as I’m afriad she’d be worried . . . I’ve been thinking about this a lot and have come to realise my mistakes.
The prosecutor, however, pointed out that this was a premeditated crime and suggested a prison sentence of between four and six months.
After pleading guilty on Tuesday (21 Feb), Huang was sentenced to four months in jail for criminal breach of trust.
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