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Chief Engineer Jailed for Singapore Bunker Fraud
The chief engineer of a ship has been fined S$30,000 ($23,400) and jailed for two weeks in a Singapore bunker fraud case, Singapore online newspaper the Strait Times reports.
Antonov Sergey, the chief engineer of the MT Front Splendour, accepted a bribe from a cargo officer and submitted false documents to his employers to cover a shortfall in marine fuel.
Sergey was also ordered to pay S$8,640 ($6,743) to cover the portion of the US $8,400 bribe that was not recovered.
Investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) found that the MT Front Splendour had ordered 2,700 metric tonnes of marine fuel, but Sergey made a deal with Jason Choo Soo Beng, a cargo officer with bunker supplier Sea Hub Energy, to take 120 metric tonnes less.
Sergey, Choo, Victor Loh Tuck Seng, an independent surveyor who allegedly provided false sounding reports in return for a bribe, and Lam Tat Fei, who allegedly helped Choo sell the 120 tonnes of fuel, were all arrested in May over the incident.
