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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157606303321

Autore

Ooi Sarah

Titolo

All for the money : bribery, cheats, swindles, and other monetary fraud in Singapore / / Sarah Ooi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Marshall Cavendish Editions, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

981-4634-73-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/0268

Soggetti

White collar crimes - Singapore

Commercial crimes - Singapore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Non-existent Policy; Chapter 2 Casino Cheats; Chapter 3 Shaking the Firm Ground; Chapter 4 The Gold Bar Murders; Chapter 5 Insurance Fraudsters; Chapter 6 Online Scammers; Chapter 7 Ren Ci Scandal; Chapter 8 A Rare Case of Kidnapping; Chapter 9 Flying High on Borrowed Money; Chapter 10 A High Price to Pay; Chapter 11 Top Chefs; Chapter 12 A Case of Fixed Results; Chapter 13 City Harvest; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Everyone wants to have more money and most of us work hard to earn a living. However, there are some among us who complain that their money is not enough but instead of earning their money, they take the easy way and conspire to cheat and con others to achieve their means. Cases featured in this book include the owner of a online blog shop who offered bargain goods that did not exist; the insurance agent who sold her millionaire client a non-existent premium policy; the four top chefs from luxury hotels charged with corruption in a S1 million kickback case; the top surgeon who heavily overchar