Son sells his mother’s Rollys-Royce to pay off debts

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A man in Singapore faces jail after forging his mother’s signature to sell her a Rolls-Royce.

Liu Kuei Liang was “desperate” for money after being in debt to nightclubbers. This emerges from court documents.

The young man tricked the car dealership into believing his mother had approved the sale and received $614,000.

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He forged his mother’s signature to sell her a Rolls-Royce. A 33-year-old man wanted to use the money to pay off his debts to nightclub dancers. Now he has to go to prison.

In August 2022, Singaporean Liu Kuei Liang forged his mother’s signature on purchase contracts. This is based on court documents obtained by Business Insider. The young man tricked a car dealer into believing that his mother had approved the sale of his Rolls-Royce Dawn 6.6 V12 and his Mini Cooper SE.

The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to forgery in a Singapore court and was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail on March 22. His case focuses on the parent-child relationship between the richest people – in this case one that resulted in a total of six figures.

According to court documents, Liu Kuei Liang collected debts in diao hua clubs. In these, customers give tips to players by buying them belts and garlands. According to Singaporean lifestyle website Zula, dancers’ headbands start at around 50 Singapore dollars – about $37 – and belts can run into the hundreds.

Liu was “desperate”. He tried his best to get the money and finally convinced the Autoart dealer in Singapore that his mother had approved the sale. This is what District Judge Brenda Chua wrote in the summary of the case.

The 33-year-old girl got that much money for both cars

Telling the seller that his mother was overseas in Taiwan, Liu forged his signature on the sales documents and accepted a total of nearly $614,000 for the Rolls-Royce and Mini.

When the salesperson wanted to speak to her mother to confirm, she gave them the phone number of a friend in Taiwan who pretended to be her mother and waved her through the sale, according to the summary.

On this basis, the seller paid about $110,000 and Liu handed over the cars. But on August 16 of the same year, Liu’s mother notified the police. He was accused of forgery.

The mother filed a complaint “in a fit of rage.”

Liu’s defense lawyers said in court that his mother gave him the use of her car “if necessary.” They also noted that Liu’s mother forgave her son during the trial, the trial summary said.

In August 2023, Liu’s mother signed a statement saying that she had returned the deposit to the car dealer and returned the Rolls-Royce and Mini. He also tried to expunge his police report.

Liu’s defense said that he only reported the crime “in anger.” His lawyers said he would have suffered more if he had been imprisoned.

The court is talking about two victims in the case

Liu was “briefly incompetent” when he tried to “temporarily finance” his debts. That did not convince the judge, who sentenced Liu to twelve weeks in prison. â€œThere was not one person, but two victims in this caseâ€ i.e. the car dealer and the mother.â€œ

This is what Chau wrote in his summary, adding: â€œThe mother paid the car dealer $150,000 on behalf of the defendant. In addition, being the mother of the accused, she was in a position to be exploited by her son due to family relations.â The accused had misused his mother’s trust, he concluded.

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