SINGAPORE – In need of cash, an operations staff member at a warehouse stole nearly $212,000 worth of goods, including 457 GoPro cameras, from his then workplace and sold them to another person in Johor.
Mohamad Faizat Mohd Paszul then used his ill-gotten gains to buy furniture for his Malaysian home and a motorcycle.
The 27-year-old Malaysian, who has made no restitution, was sentenced to a year and nine months’ jail on March 11 after he pleaded guilty to a theft charge.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jordy Kay told the court that Faizat stole from the warehouse in Ubi Avenue 4 around two to three times a week between November 2023 and May 2024.
After office hours, he would place his loot inside a black trash bag before sealing it.
Faizat would then take the trash bag to a rubbish disposal area.
The prosecutor said: “To avoid detection, the accused would only return to the rubbish disposal area to retrieve the stolen items after his colleagues left the warehouse.
“After successfully removing the items from the warehouse, the accused would sell the stolen items to a Malaysian national in Johor.”
His offence came to light when numerous items were found to be missing during a stock take.
Faizat’s employer suspected that its own staff members could have stolen the goods and a warehouse senior manager alerted the police on April 15, 2024.
Court documents did not disclose how the authorities managed to uncover Faizat as the culprit but he was arrested four months later.
* Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.
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