Singapore jails man for trying to pay off dancing-girl debts by forging mum’s signature, selling her Rolls-Royce
- Liu Kuei Liang, 33, accumulated debts at ‘diao hua’ clubs, where punters tip female dancers by buying them sashes and garlands of flowers
- ‘Desperate’ for cash, he fooled a dealership into thinking his mother had authorised the sale of her Rolls-Royce Dawn and Mini Cooper, the court heard
In August 2022, Singaporean Liu Kuei Liang forged his mother’s signature on sales agreements, court documents show.
He fooled a car dealership into believing that she had authorised the sale of her Rolls-Royce Dawn 6.6 V12 and her Mini Cooper SE, per the records.
He pleaded guilty to forgery in a Singaporean court, and on March 22 was given a 12-week prison sentence.
His case is a window into parent-child relationships among the ultrawealthy – in this case one which had a six-figure fallout.
According to court records, Liu accumulated debts at diao hua clubs, where punters tip female dancers by buying them sashes and garlands of flowers. According to the Singaporean lifestyle site Zula, garlands for the performers start at below S$50 (US$37) and sashes can run into the hundreds.
Liu was “desperate” to raise cash when he convinced Autoart Singapore that his mother had authorised the sale, District Judge Brenda Chua wrote in a summary of the case in March.
