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jdelpiero
19-01-2009, 11:00 AM
SINGAPORE: International police organisation, Interpol, has issued an arrest for a former employee of Cortina Watch.
This comes after nearly S$8m worth of watches were stolen from the Cortina outlet at Raffles City last December.
Mr Jerry Ee has been put on the wanted list and has been flagged with a red notice.
This means the 35—year—old can be arrested by any of Interpol’s 187 member countries and extradited back to Singapore.
Mr Ee has been listed as being conversant in English, Mandarin and Thai.
The notice has given his height as 1.62 metres and his weight at 50 kilogrammes.
Mr Ee has been missing since the theft was discovered.
— CNA/ir
His photo here..
Seriously.. it's his photo..
http://d.yimg.com/hb/xp/cna/20090118/13/3974864949-s-8217-porean-wanted-by-interpol-in-connection-with-cortina.jpg?x=240&y=200&sig=bGQde277Ur3ntxPO6Lh5UQ--
It's so unglam, it's criminal!
Article..
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090118/tap-308-sporean-wanted-interpol-connecti-231650b.html
des_yeo03
19-01-2009, 11:29 AM
It's so unglam, it's criminal!
:laugh:
For easy referance :
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii87/desyeo03/MISC%20II/3974864949-s-8217-porean-wanted-by-.jpg
:beatup:
Leslie
19-01-2009, 11:48 AM
Mebbe ask Interpol put that picture on the Wanted notice?
he looks cute, doesn't look like a criminal to me... he must be those "chiong" pple that wanna do a big big one, juz once, don't get caught, and spend the rest of his life enjoying himself (ie. lazy bum)...
he also looks like he's low in IQ, my bet is that he would be back in S'pore court within a yr (don't quote me tho' hehe)
Anomaly
19-01-2009, 12:54 PM
It is not going to be easy to sell off high value stolen goods unless he have black market connections i think.
How much bounty is on Mr Ee? The current highest bounty of S$1 million is held by the "dear terrorist/magician" Mas Selamat who will be celebrating his 1st year anniversary of "getting out from prison".:laugh:
S$1.01million for S$7.8 million dollars worth of watches is still consider a good returns to me. Why no bounty is given up to now?:thinking:
des_yeo03
18-03-2009, 09:57 AM
Singaporean wanted for S$8m Cortina watch theft surrenders
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SINGAPORE: Jerry Ee, the former Cortina employee who made away with some S$8 million worth of watches from the Cortina outlet at Raffles City last December, surrendered at the Singapore embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday.
The Singapore Police Force said 35—year—old Jerry Ee is currently in the custody of the Royal Thai Police.
More than 200 pieces of the stolen watches were recovered from him.
The Singapore Police Force is working with their Thai counterparts to bring Jerry Ee back to Singapore for further investigations.
The international police organisation, Interpol, issued an arrest warrant for Jerry Ee in January after he went missing following the theft.
— CNA/ir
Source (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090317/tap-921-sporean-wanted-s-8m-cortina-watc-231650b.html)
he looks cute, doesn't look like a criminal to me... he must be those "chiong" pple that wanna do a big big one, juz once, don't get caught, and spend the rest of his life enjoying himself (ie. lazy bum)...
he also looks like he's low in IQ, my bet is that he would be back in S'pore court within a yr (don't quote me tho' hehe)
I was rite :) back within 2 mths...
he surrendered himself tho' :beatup:
des_yeo03
19-03-2009, 10:23 AM
Some stolen Cortina watches could have been sold in int’l market
SINGAPORE: Jerry Ee, the former Cortina watch staff who pulled off one of Singapore’s biggest heists, is still in the custody of the Royal Thai Police.
The 35—year—old, who made away with some S$8 million worth of watches from Cortina last year, surrendered at the Singapore embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday.
It is understood that Cortina’s bosses from Singapore are now in Bangkok.
386 luxury watches went missing at Cortina’s Raffles City outlet on Boxing Day last year, along with cash and guarantee cards totalling S$13 million.
So far, only about 200 of the stolen watches have been recovered.
Industry sources said the missing timepieces could have been sold off and might be passing hands in the international market.
One luxury watch dealer Channel NewsAsia spoke to said authorities should release the serial numbers of the watches in question, to make sure that shops in Singapore do not deal with stolen items.
A S$45,000 Vasheron Constantin watch was one of the many brands that went missing from the Cortina shop. And in the last few months, some customers have been questioning if the watches they are buying could be stolen items.
But Passions Watch Exchange said it always give a guarantee. Its operations director, Jonathan Tee, said: "All these pieces, we have 100% buyback guarantee to make sure they are safe. If there’s any police case... we give a full refund."
He believes that the still—missing watches may have a common trait if they appear on the market.
He said: "I don’t suppose those watches he took away with him come with the boxes... Papers and certificates, maybe. But boxes, it doesn’t make sense. 300 over watches, when you carry (the boxes), it will be one big luggage alone."
Watch dealers say they take precautions and screen sellers by asking them questions on the background of the watch they are selling.
— CNA/ir
Source (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090318/tap-213-some-stolen-cortina-watches-sold-231650b.html)
jdelpiero
05-09-2009, 04:07 PM
Ex—Cortina employee pleads guilty to 5 charges in watch heist case
SINGAPORE : Former Cortina Watch employee, Jerry Ee has pleaded guilty to five charges — four for criminal breach of trust and one for money laundering.
He will be sentenced on September 18. Twenty other criminal breach of trust charges will be taken into consideration.
Last Christmas, Ee returned to Cortina’s Raffles City outlet after it had closed. Disarming the security alarm, he entered the safe, removed almost S$8 million worth of loot — 366 new watches, five pairs of cuff links and S$27,137 cash.
The court heard that in less than 30 minutes, he was done and left after re—activating the security alarm.
In March this year, Ee was brought back after 80 days on the run. It appears that he had fled overland to Thailand.
After selling 21 of the watches in Bangkok, Ee hid in Pattaya for about three months before surrendering to Thai authorities.
For the each of the four criminal breach of trust charges, Ee faces up to 15 years in prison and could also be fined. For the money laundering charge, he could be jailed up to seven years if convicted and/or fined up to S$500,000. — CNA/ms
He have yet to settle his civil case with his former employer Cortina......:moneyface He will be in lock and key for a long time for sure!:duh:
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