Foreign students from Indian jailed over group shoplifting at Uniqlo using self-checkout counters

[The_King]

SINGAPORE: A group of foreign students who lived in the same apartment worked together to shoplift clothes from Uniqlo by removing their price tags and radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips before heading to self-checkout counters.

Four of them - Indian nationals aged between 20 and 26 - were sentenced to jail for between 40 and 65 days on Wednesday (Nov 22).

 

 

They faced a range of charges - either for group theft or attempted theft with common intention, and some of them had charges taken into consideration.

Shihora Ridham Mukeshbhai, a 20-year-old man, was sentenced to 65 days' jail; Hun Smit Ashokbhai, 21, was given 45 days' jail; Kuvadiya Milan Ghansyambhai, 26, was sentenced to 40 days' jail; and Chauhan Ruchi Sanjaykumar, a 25-year-old woman, was sentenced to 50 days' jail.

The court heard that the four were part of a group of six Indian nationals who were in Singapore on student passes to study at different schools here.

They stayed together at the same apartment. There were also others involved but they left Singapore before investigations commenced.

The thefts and attempted thefts took place at the Uniqlo store in Orchard Central in October.

 

 

Some of the offenders would pick the apparel to steal, while the others would remove the price tags. The price tags contained RFID chips - if the price tags were removed, the payment machine at the store would not be able to detect the apparel, and the group would be able to steal them without setting off the security alarm when leaving.

On the evening of Oct 12, a group of nine of them went to Uniqlo Orchard Central intending to steal.

They picked various clothes and removed their price tags before placing them into shopping baskets.

After the baskets were filled, some of them would take the items to self-checkout counters, where they would pay for tote bags that cost S$3.90 each to give the false impression that they had paid for everything.

They then left the store about one-and-a-half hours later with 64 pieces of stolen goods worth about S$1,800.

 

 

A few days later on Oct 16, another group of six went to the same Uniqlo store and placed clothes in their baskets using the same method.

However, a security guard at the store noticed the behaviour of two of the thieves, who were hurriedly packing clothes into the tote bags they had bought.

When the guard asked to see their receipt as proof of payment, one of them lied that the receipt was with a friend elsewhere and walked away.

The other thief then lied that he had spotted their friend and walked away quickly, leaving behind the clothes in the tote bags at the self-checkout counter.

A sales assistant lodged an online police report that day about the attempted theft. The police conducted an extensive review of the closed-circuit television footages at the store and identified the thieves, arresting them on Oct 30.

 

 

Investigations revealed that the second group had tried to steal 72 pieces of clothes valued at about S$2,300.

The prosecutor said the offences were planned and premeditated, and that while the shoplifting offences were easy to commit, they were difficult to detect and apprehend.

Two of the co-accused, Brahmbhatt Komal Chetankumar and Christian Arpita Arvindbhai, did not go through with their guilty pleas on Thursday.

They will return to court for pre-trial conferences later this month.

Source: CNA/ll(gr)

[pigpigoink]

wa how cum nationality ish revealed!?!?

 

but then again, can cum here study should be well to do? steal for fun ah?

 

if so, F OFF SG!!!

[aaur4man]

thanks for teaching sinkies how to think out of the box!

[noobmaster]

1 hour ago, pigpigoink said:

wa how cum nationality ish revealed!?!?

 

but then again, can cum here study should be well to do? steal for fun ah?

 

if so, F OFF SG!!!

I knew it was likely foreigner.

 

There was an earlier article that never revealed names or nationality until they get charged now

Edited November 22, 2023 by noobmaster

[coffeenut]

2 minutes ago, noobmaster said:

I knew it. There was an earlier article that never reveal names or nationality until they get charged now

Still got a few of them fly back before charge/confiscate their passports .. 

 

But really .. Uniqlo also want to steal? 

[classyNfabulous]

11 minutes ago, coffeenut said:

Still got a few of them fly back before charge/confiscate their passports .. 

 

But really .. Uniqlo also want to steal? 

abt 20yo thereabt ma

 

im jus amazed how they remove away the rfid tag. cos its hardware, dun seem easy to remove oso

 

 

[The_King]

8 minutes ago, classyNfabulous said:

abt 20yo thereabt ma

 

im jus amazed how they remove away the rfid tag. cos its hardware, dun seem easy to remove oso

 

 

can go tb buy to remove la

[Homelander]

Young and foolish

[coffeenut]

41 minutes ago, classyNfabulous said:

abt 20yo thereabt ma

 

im jus amazed how they remove away the rfid tag. cos its hardware, dun seem easy to remove oso

 

 

Think they used some scissor or sharp stuff to cut away the price tag sticker/rfid tab. Then just throw everything into the tote bag (with rfid intact) - then go self checkout, pay for the tote bag and leave 

[DynamiteZerg]

Foreign talents indeed!

[socrates469bc]

On 11/22/2023 at 11:37 PM, classyNfabulous said:

abt 20yo thereabt ma

 

im jus amazed how they remove away the rfid tag. cos its hardware, dun seem easy to remove oso

 

 

 

On 11/22/2023 at 11:45 PM, The_King said:

can go tb buy to remove la

 

this amdk teach u kumgong pappy serfs a cheapo way to remove.

 

wahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

 

[socrates469bc]

On 11/23/2023 at 12:19 AM, coffeenut said:

Think they used some scissor or sharp stuff to cut away the price tag sticker/rfid tab. Then just throw everything into the tote bag (with rfid intact) - then go self checkout, pay for the tote bag and leave 

 

the amdk in the video above use a sharp knife.

 

wahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[classyNfabulous]

1 hour ago, socrates469bc said:

 

 

this amdk teach u kumgong pappy serfs a cheapo way to remove.

 

wahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

 

 

1 hour ago, socrates469bc said:

 

the amdk in the video above use a sharp knife.

 

wahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

unless ginna pi go fitting room to cut the tags? if cut in shop, how to do discreetly given u need abit of effort to cut oso, regardless if equip used

 

 

[meng.huat]

talents indeed.

[Satki]

will be funny if they are here with scholarships