Mobile Air Scam – due justice

Many may have forgotten about the Mobile Air scam and Jover Chew. But the mentioning of the video of a Vietnamese tourist forced to go on his knees to beg for mercy from the thugs at Mobile Air must still be fresh in the minds of many.

When the incident was made public, many including some from the legal fraternity were claiming that these were smart alecs and knew the law well and knew how to play around with the law and kept themselves above the law and the legality of their scam.

Yesterday four of the employees were sentenced to jail between 4 to 15 months for their thuggish behavior and cheating. Wow, they were not that clever after all and the judge was able to slam the sentences on them. Jover Chew, the mastermind, is facing 28 charges and his case would be heard on 28 Oct.

What were their clever crimes? ‘These include them quoting attractive prices and then altering the invoices after deals had been inked, so as to inflate the amount customers have to pay…The main purpose of quoting their victims an attractive price was to induce them to hand over their hard earned money and to thereafter use various means to try to extract more money from them. These are the elements that comprise the offence of cheating.’  The judge said.

And they were so sure of their clever scam that they even taunted their victims to report them to the authorities. They must have received good legal advice from some clever people that what they had done were legitimate and nothing could be done to them.  According to the DPP, the four men even accused the authority for not stopping them in their acts, indirectly saying if the authorities did not stop them then it must be ok. So it is the fault of the authorities.

Now justice is waiting for Jover Chew and very likely he is not going to act smug any more after the judgement and sentencing of his case.