A 17-year-old male teen in Singapore has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in cheating delivery company Foodpanda of more than SGD14,000 (RM42,658).

Amendments to the Singapore’s Children and Young Persons Act protects the youth’s identity.

The Singapore Police Force received a report from Foodpanda on 21 August. In the report, it said the company was fraudulently deceived into believing their riders had failed to deliver a customer’s orders.

In his charge sheet, the teen was given one count of cheating for deceiving Foodpanda into believing he had not received the groceries worth SGD51.35 (RM156.77), including a pack of grapes, six packs of flavoured milk, a pack of Kellogg’s cornflakes, a Mamee Monster Noodle Snack, potato chips and cereal bars. He was refunded by the food delivery service.

The teen is being investigated for a series of refund scams, totalling to RM42,658 in over eight months. Officers from the Jurong Police Division identified and arrested the teen on 24 August.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that he had made S$14,000 worth of fraudulent refund claims on his delivery orders, which included cooked food, groceries and liquor,” the police said.

Police said that the teenager will be charged in court on 25th August 2020 with cheating under section 420 of the Penal Code. If convicted, he could be jailed up to 10 years and fined. However, he was offered bail of SGD15,000 (RM45,794) and will face court proceedings on 22 September.

In April, young men aged 19 and 20 cheated more than 80 people of SGD30,000 (RM92,000) by pretending to sell Nintendo Switch consoles.