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Father-and Son Forgery Partner- 'Ship' Foundered
The law caught up with a 50-year old Singaporean and his 19-year old son when their forgery partner-'ship' was sunk by the Interdictors of Counterfeiting Activities armada on 10 May 04. At about 2230 hours, the operations of the counterfeiters of work passes and Safety Orientation Certificate (SOC) cards were busted when Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers went to their flat at Ang Mo Kio Ave 10.
2 At the flat, ICA officers observed the father-and-son team sitting in front of a notebook and using it to make forgeries of the work passes and SOC cards before identifying themselves and requested the counterfeiters' co-operation to open the door to let the officers in. The Singaporean man and his son refused to open the door and tried to destroy some documents. Nevertheless, our officers managed to enter the house and caught the 50-year-old trying to hide some papers on top of a wooden cupboard in the master bedroom. His son-cum-accomplice was seated in front of the notebook when he was caught too. The following items were recovered:
a. two notebook computers
b. one 3-in-1 printer
c. one laminator
d. three boxes of white laminating plastic sheets (for laminating work passes)
e. two boxes of red laminating plastic sheets (for laminating SOC cards)
f. 10 pieces of passport-sized photographs
g. five CDs
h. Other stationery items used to forged the documents e.g. glue, cutter, paper etc.
3 Our officers also recovered some incomplete SOC cards printed on pieces of A4-size paper. Investigations revealed that the forgery team would receive S$70 for each set of forged work pass, SOC card and a photocopy of a People's Republic of China (PRC) passport bio-data page. The 19-year old son revealed that his father, who is also a taxi driver, would give him S$5 for each set of documents he assisted to produce. The father-and-son team was referred to the Police for further investigation.
4 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine. For illegal entry, the offender faces a jail term of up to 6 months plus a minimum of 3 strokes and in lieu of caning, a fine not exceeding S$6,000.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
11 May 04
2 At the flat, ICA officers observed the father-and-son team sitting in front of a notebook and using it to make forgeries of the work passes and SOC cards before identifying themselves and requested the counterfeiters' co-operation to open the door to let the officers in. The Singaporean man and his son refused to open the door and tried to destroy some documents. Nevertheless, our officers managed to enter the house and caught the 50-year-old trying to hide some papers on top of a wooden cupboard in the master bedroom. His son-cum-accomplice was seated in front of the notebook when he was caught too. The following items were recovered:
a. two notebook computers
b. one 3-in-1 printer
c. one laminator
d. three boxes of white laminating plastic sheets (for laminating work passes)
e. two boxes of red laminating plastic sheets (for laminating SOC cards)
f. 10 pieces of passport-sized photographs
g. five CDs
h. Other stationery items used to forged the documents e.g. glue, cutter, paper etc.
3 Our officers also recovered some incomplete SOC cards printed on pieces of A4-size paper. Investigations revealed that the forgery team would receive S$70 for each set of forged work pass, SOC card and a photocopy of a People's Republic of China (PRC) passport bio-data page. The 19-year old son revealed that his father, who is also a taxi driver, would give him S$5 for each set of documents he assisted to produce. The father-and-son team was referred to the Police for further investigation.
4 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine. For illegal entry, the offender faces a jail term of up to 6 months plus a minimum of 3 strokes and in lieu of caning, a fine not exceeding S$6,000.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
11 May 04