Separately, he also threatened to send naked photographs of his girlfriend to her boss and colleagues in an attempt to sleep with her friends. On April 16, Chen was sentenced to jail for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to two charges of cheating by personation and a charge of threatening to release intimate images.
He was married at the time of his offences. Court documents did not reveal details of his marriage. Deputy Public Prosecutor June Ngian said Chen placed an advertisement sometime in on online platform Locanto to recruit girls that wanted to earn more money for their escort services. He told the woman that he was able to get the girls from his agency up to 10 clients a week from the dark web.
They arranged to meet on Oct 14, After the trial service, he did not contact her for about six months. On April 4, , he contacted her and said her service had not been to his expectations. He offered her a second trial, which she declined. Sometime in , the second victim contacted Chen after seeing his advertisement.
DPP Ngian said she was working as a social escort to pay off her debts after falling victim to scams. During their conversation, Chen told her that he needed to see if she has the skills to please his customers. The woman asked Chen to confirm he was running an agency for social escorts because she was afraid of falling for another scam.
He continued to deceive her, and she agreed to not charge him for the session. After they had sex on March 22, , he told her she needed to lose weight and her skills were not up to par. The prosecution said Chen had reached out to 31 people, including the two victims, under the guise of a social escort agent. In July , Chen entered into a relationship with the third victim, who was looking for a place to rent and also for a boyfriend.
