Hindustan Times, 8 Aug 2013
Two Indian nationals have been jailed in Singapore for a fake jewellery scam they carried out last year, according to a media report on Thursday.
Gurpreet Ram Sidhu (22) and Jaswinder Singh Brar (38) were jailed on Wednesday for pawning gold-plated copper items and raking in 55,310 Singapore dollars, local media reported.
Sidhu was jailed for 15 months for conspiring to cheat 11 pawnshops between April and October last year, while Brar has been awarded a ten-month sentence for pawning 30,360 Singapore dollar worth of fake jewellery.
The duo were in Singapore on social visit passes and could have been jailed for up to 10 years. Full story
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