The court heard that lawyer Tan Cheng Yew, upon receipt of the $1.5 million cheque which was a loan to the Central Christian Church to buy a piece of land, deposited it into a fixed deposit account with DBS Bank in 2001.
He subsequently used the amount as security for a personal loan.
Evidence was also led by the prosecution that Tan had cheated Mr Tan Kwee Khoon, a member of the Tan family, of $480,000 and used it to settle his personal debts.
Tan had similarly used another $900,000 he deceived to settle his gambling debts.
Tan Cheng Yew, who was extradited to Singapore in 2009 after being on the run for six years was jailed for nine years on Monday for criminal breach of trust and cheating.
District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim backdated the 43-year-old's sentence to Oct 22, 2009.
In convicting him of two charges of misappropriating $1.5 million and $1.94 million and cheating two sums involving $1.4 million, the judge said she did not accept the defence arguments.
Tan could have been jailed for up to 10 years for criminal breach of trust as an attorney, and up to seven years for cheating. A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Tan's two remaining charges of CBT and cheating involving about $934,000.
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