Woman, 70, jailed for acting as money mule for man she believed to be her romantic partner

SINGAPORE: A 70-year-old woman was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday (Jul 13) for helping to receive more than S$38,000 (US$29,400) from a man she believed was her romantic partner.At least S$2,000 of his sum was later traced to a victim of a love scam.Christina Cheong Yoke Lin pleaded guilty to one count of entering into an arrangement to receive money without ascertaining its source.Cheong was herself the target of a love scam years prior and was sentenced to a mandatory treatment order in 2019 for offences linked to that episode, where she tricked the scammer and retained S$50,000.THE CASEThe court heard that Cheong was a course coordinator with a consultancy company at the time of the new offence.She was given a conditional warning in June 2023 for helping an unknown person receive money i