Jail for employee who used company’s printers for his own printing business, earning S$57,000

SINGAPORE: Feeling that he was not presented sufficient prospects to development in his profession, a output manager at a printing company started printing things for his have consumers using the firm’s machines.

He used the company’s methods to fulfil orders for his freelance clients and afterwards set up his very own printing organization, making a earnings of a lot more than S$57,000 at his employer’s price. 

Mike Music, 56, was offered a year’s jail on Thursday (Jul 29). He pleaded responsible to two costs of criminal breach of have confidence in as an employee, with yet another four fees taken into thought.

The courtroom read that Music worked as a generation supervisor at 8 Ink Media, which specialised in printing companies. The firm transferred its belongings and employees, such as Track, to INX Functions & Productions in February 2019.

Track began functioning for the corporation in October 2014, when it initial began out printing banners. As the output supervisor, he fulfilled the printing orders sent to the firm and was entrusted with printing means such as ink and paper.

Even so, he started utilizing his firm’s assets to print materials which he bought on the aspect from November 2015. He was usually bodily absent from get the job done all through office environment several hours and returned to function late at night.

Song started his freelance functions as he felt the corporation was not offering him ample progression or prospects even nevertheless it was expanding and carrying out well.

He established up his very own organization specialising in printing products and services in August 2016 and searched for his individual clients whilst nevertheless utilized with 8 Ink Media.

He continued to print banners and other resources for his private customers making use of his employer’s property in 2017 and 2018. He printed elements making use of his employer’s sources on 70 events about the two a long time.

In total, he gained about S$57,480 from his personal consumers in between November 2015 and December 2019. This sum was counted as reduction to his companies.

Even just after the company’s assets and staff members had been transferred to INX Situations & Productions, Track ongoing with his own small business up until December 2019.

One more employee flagged Song’s actions to the firm’s typical supervisor on Feb 1, 2020, and a law enforcement report was built. 

Song agreed to repay the enterprise S$58,000 in instalments, and concluded spending in entire on Jun 9, 2021.

For every single cost of felony breach of have faith in as an worker, he could have been jailed up to 15 yrs and fined.