Man Jailed For 8 Months For Scamming People On Carousell By Selling ‘Fake’ Branded Goods

In yet another episode of Goody Feed Talks Scam, we have a 28-year-old man who has cheated a total of $10,780 from 18 people through Carousell.

Oh gosh, I’m getting so sick of these unethical people.

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Now, moving on…

Carousell, An Online Consumer Marketplace

Most of us will be aware of a popular online consumer marketplace, Carousell, where people would buy and/or sell new or secondhand items on the platform.

Every so often, people would sell branded items from brands such as Adidas, Under Armour, or even Prada and Coach – either secondhand, or they bought it on impulse.

Some of us would also go through Carousell in hope to get these higher-end products at a lower price because BUDGET.

Once in a while, you will meet with sellers who take forever to reply to you, or to deliver the item to you.

Sometimes, you ended up getting a counterfeit item.

And, maybe sometimes, you just don’t get it at all.

Selling “Branded Goods” On Carousell

A 28-year-old man, Jeric Lee Jia Zhen, took advantage of the trust that consumers have towards the platform and used it as a way for him to earn some “dishonest cash”.

Going by the username “vapedope”, Lee started selling replicas as “genuine” branded goods for more than a year on Carousell, as reported by Channel NewsAsia.

During this period, Lee would either not hand over the items after payment or deliver fake goods to his victims.

In one of the instances, he had duped a victim into purchasing four pairs of allegedly genuine Adidas shoes from the United States at S$2,350, which turned out to be imitations from China.

(Simi shoes are they seh so expensive?!)

When confronted by his victims, Lee would always come up with several excuses for why he was unable to get a refund from suppliers or that he had thrown away the actual receipt.

Sentenced To 8 Months’ Jail

According to TODAYonline, Lee had pleaded guilty to four counts of cheating and has made partial restitution of S$5,130 to his victims.

Another 15 charges are taken into consideration for sentencing.

Deputy Public Prosecutor R Arvindren had asked for at least nine months’ jail as he noted that Lee had cheated many victims over a prolonged period.

However, Lee’s lawyer, Tok Boon Leong, defended that his client is suffering from “medical issue” and was going for gender reassignment surgery.

He added that Lee was remorseful and requested for seven months’ jail instead.

District Judge Ow Yong Tuck Leong had decided on an eight months’ jail term and had granted the accused a deferment of sentence to 25 October 2019 for him to complete his O-Level examination.

I mean, he could have used all that brain juice and effort that he used to come up with a”cheating plan” on his O-Level examination instead. (Goody Feed does not condone cheating on the O-Level examinations)

But on the other hand…for a 28-year-old man to actually take the O-level, it really shows that he does plan for his future after all.

For that, kudos to him.