A woman who cheated her boss at a real estate firm into giving her S$3.7 million over almost a decade, including his life savings, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail on Wednesday (March 13). Lynne Charlotte James persistently lied to the victim that she had become bankrupt and posed as government officials in emails to back up her lies. After the 69-year-old man depleted his savings, he and his wife sold two of their condominium units as well as their personal possessions to raise funds for James.
When the couple ran out of cash, he resorted to borrowing S$1.1 million from his niece, who eventually flagged the case to the authorities. James, a 47-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of five counts of cheating last week. Seven other similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing