Singaporean Who Brags About His Stealing and Scamming Skills Gets 8 Years Jail Term

A Singaporean national has been sentenced to a maximum of eight years in prison for defrauding a hotel in Dumaguete City.

Jonathan Lee Seng Tan was found guilty by the Dumaguete City Regional Trial Court of violating Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.

In a decision released by the Department of Justice yesterday, Judge Rosendo Bandal Jr. sentenced Tan to serve four years to eight years in prison and ordered him to pay Bethel Guest House P19,506.

According to the record, Tan entered the hotel after his bad containing his money and documents was allegedly stolen in Quezon Park, leaving him penniless. He asked the hotel employee to help him contact his relatives in Singapore so he can have a new passport.

The hotel contacted his alleged brother but after several emails, no money was sent to the hotel.

The accused left the hotel on   Sept.1, 2013 without paying his bill.

When Tan was arrested following his non-payment, it was revealed that he was on the run from his previous criminal activities.

He even boasted on his Facebook profile about his past crimes.

“IM ON THE RUN CITIES TO CITIES, JUST TO ESCAPE MY NON SENSE TALENT OF STEALING MONEY OF OTHERS…WHY GOD WHYYYYYYYY”

“DOES ANYONE KNOWS WERE IN THGE WORLD I HIDE HA HA HA HA, COME AND GET ME PEOPLE….”

“IM TIRED OF RUNNING FROM THE COPS AND MY VICTIMS IM A REAL SCAMMER”

“oh my god i was jailed in La Trinidad Benguet for staffa now they want me to jail again in iloilo city well i have to run hmmm? maybe in bacolod or kalibo come and get me,,,”

“hurray my last victim was a koean in mary mart mall hahaha he never tought that besides im ugly my heart was also very ugly whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

Based on Seng’s posts above (his Facebook profile is no longer active as of July 15, 2015), he’s been scamming people since 2010 until he was arrested last 2013.

During the trial, Assistant City Prosecutor Alvin Aseniero presented as evidence Tan’s Facebook post, where the foreigner boasted his alleged criminal activities in La Trinidad and Iloilo City.

In his post, Tan even challenged authorities to “catch me if you can.”

Currently detained at the Dumaguete city jail, Tan was ordered transferred to the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.

“Let this be a warning to everyone. Our laws are enforced against   anyone who is under our country’s jurisdiction, and foreigners are   definitely not exempted,” Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said in a statement.

 /Carla Gamboa/

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