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Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Singapore charges Indonesian traveller with stealing 250,000 KrisFlyer miles to buy pastries and phone at Changi Airport
SINGAPORE, May 29 — An Indonesian man has been charged in a Singapore court for allegedly using over 250,000 KrisFlyer miles from other people's accounts to go on a shopping spree. Rizaldy Primanta Putra, 28, faces four charges under the Computer Misuse Act, news agency Channel News Asia reported today. 'I intend to claim trial to the charges,' he was quoted as saying during a virtual appearance in court. His bail was set at S$15,000 (RM52,600). Citing from court documents, the news agency reported Rizaldy was accused of using 4,672 KrisFlyer miles on June 8, 2024, to buy S$31.15 (RM110) worth of items at Bugis Junction through a KrisPay wallet linked to an account that was not his. Less than two weeks later, on June 21, he allegedly spent another 245,491 KrisFlyer miles — from a different stolen account — to buy goods worth S$1,636.61 (RM5,730) at Changi Airport. He faces two additional charges for illegally logging into those accounts via the Kris+ app. Singapore police said Rizaldy had purchased access to the compromised accounts online while he was overseas. He then flew to Singapore in June 2024, where he allegedly used the stolen miles to buy pastries in Bugis and a phone and phone case at Changi Airport. The offences only came to light in October 2024, when Singapore Airlines lodged a police report after spotting suspicious redemptions flagged by retailers. By that time, Rizaldy had already left Singapore in September 2024. He was identified as a suspect following investigations that included reviewing CCTV footage. He was arrested at Changi Airport on January 11 upon returning to Singapore. If convicted of causing unauthorised modification of computer material by using others' KrisFlyer miles, he faces up to three years in jail, a fine of up to S$10,000 (RM35,000), or both. For each charge of accessing someone's account without authorisation, he could be jailed for up to two years, fined S$5,000 (RM17,500), or both.
CNA
6 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Man charged with using 250,000 stolen KrisFlyer miles to shop
SINGAPORE: A man was on Thursday (May 29) charged with spending over 250,000 KrisFlyer miles in other people's accounts without their permission. Rizaldy Primanta Putra, a 28-year-old Indonesian, was charged with four counts under the Computer Misuse Act. Appearing through a video link from remand, he told a district court that he intended to claim trial to the charges. His bail has been set at S$15,000 (US$11,600). Rizaldy is accused of using 4,672 miles in a KrisPay wallet to buy items valued at S$31.15 at Bugis Junction on Jun 8, 2024. The KrisPay wallet was linked to a KrisFlyer account that belonged to another person, which Rizaldy was not authorised to use. On Jun 21, 2024, he allegedly used 245,491 KrisFlyer miles from another account to buy S$1,636.61 worth of items at Changi Airport. For each of these two instances, Rizaldy was also given a charge of logging into the accounts on the Kris+ app without authorisation. According to the police, Rizaldy accessed KrisFlyer accounts that belonged to other people after illegally buying them online while he was overseas. He flew to Singapore in June 2024, and allegedly committed the offences by buying pastries at Bugis Junction and a phone and phone cover at Changi Airport. In October 2024, Singapore Airlines made a police report about suspected fraudulent transactions using KrisFlyer miles that were detected by local retailers. Rizaldy was identified through ground enquiries and closed-circuit television footage. But he had already left Singapore in September 2024. He was detained by Airport Police Division officers at Changi Airport when he returned to Singapore on Jan 11. If found guilty of stealing other people's KrisFlyer miles, thereby causing an unauthorised modification of the contents of a computer, he faces up to three years in jail, a fine of up to S$10,000 or both. If convicted of logging into other people's KrisFlyer accounts when he was not authorised to do so, he could be jailed for up to two years, fined up to S$5,000 or both.
