She remitted some of the cash to her creditors in Indonesia, and also took $8,000 of her ill-gotten gains to Indonesia when she made a trip there in April 2023. She purposely withdrew not more than $1,000 in a single transaction to avoid triggering the bank's automatic alert to the elderly man for transactions involving larger sums of money. Soon after, Eka withdrew money from the account without his knowledge and consent as she wanted to pay off her debts. The DPP said: '(The victim) only ever authorised the accused to withdraw money from his bank account on his behalf, and never for the accused's own benefit.' He also told the maid to retain the card, so it would be more convenient for her to withdraw cash for him. He then handed her his automated teller machine (ATM) card and told her the personal identification number. In August 2022, the wheelchair-bound elderly man sought her help to withdraw cash from his bank account.

She was also ordered to pay a compensation of $5,442.ĭeputy Public Prosecutor Etsuko Lim said that the victim's son had employed Eka to take care of his father who was around 95 years old then. On Tuesday (Nov 14), Eka pleaded guilty to one count of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to 15 months' jail. She admitted that more than $3,000 of the seized cash had been withdrawn from the victim's bank account. She has made no restitution.īut $5,442 and more than 7.4 million Indonesian rupiah (about S$644 according to court documents) were later seized from her. Her offences came to light after the elderly man died. SINGAPORE - Saddled by hefty debts back home, an Indonesian maid used a bank card belonging to her employer's elderly father to make 89 unauthorised withdrawals totalling $88,600 from January to July 2023.Įka Yuniarsih, 32, then remitted a portion of her ill-gotten gains to her creditors in Indonesia.

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