SINGAPORE – An undischarged bankrupt misappropriated about $470,000 from more than 200 people who had signed up for a package to perform the umrah – an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The customers received no news about arrangements for the trip, and found out in November 2015 that it would not take place.
Suwandi Marchuke, 58, was initially expected to be sentenced on Sept 3
, but his mitigation and sentencing will now take place on Oct 16.
After a trial, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan convicted him in July of one count each of criminal breach of trust and acting as a manager of a company called Bil Hikmah Consultants from around September 2014 to March 2016 while he was a bankrupt.
The judge also found…