A Singaporean-Indian woman was charged on July 26 for allegedly submitting false claims to obtain government funds for in-house employee training at a cafe in Singapore, according to a report by Times of India.
Parmjit Kaur was the chief operating officer at local cafe chain Harry's. She filed multiple claims, which allegedly contained false information, between 2011 and 2013 to the now-defunct Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to obtain funding, The Straits Times said in a report.
Kaur has been taken to court by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) on 37 counts under the Skills Developments Levy Act.
If convicted, Kaur could be fined up to Singapore $10,000 and/or jailed up to a year. Harry's was a Workforce Skills Qualifications-approved training organisation which conducted in-house courses for its employees.
In a statement, SSG said that it takes a serious view of any individual, training provider or organisation that abuses its funding schemes. The organisation will not hesitate to take action against those who contravene its funding rules and guidelines.
Kaur was also previously convicted in 2012 of trying to get around work permit quota by falsely declaring salaries of foreign employees at Harry's. She was fined Singapore $40,000 in June 2016 for that charge.