Certis Cisco employee jailed for stealing $50k

SINGAPORE - An employee at Singapore's largest private security firm, Certis Cisco, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months' jail for stealing $50,000 from a vault in its headquarters.

Lim Ming Yao, 19, a vault assistant, stole the money from the highly guarded centre at Jalan Afifi, off Paya Lebar Road. He then left for Malaysia when after completing his shift the next morning.

Lim, a Malaysian, also committed another offence when he left Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint with the cash.

About a year ago, an officer, Stanley Ong Beng Hock, 28, was jailed seven years when he pleaded guilty to stealing $2 million from the centre. MORE