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Italian man, 23, allegedly traded counterfeit Rolex watch for 3 genuine Rolex watches in Bencoolen

The Singapore police have arrested a 23-year-old Italian man for his suspected involvement in a case of cheating.

On Nov. 28, at about 7:30pm, the police were alerted to a case of suspected cheating at a watch shop along Bencoolen Street.

A man had allegedly traded in a branded luxury watch to a retailer in exchange for three genuine Rolex watches valued at about S$90,000.

During further authentication checks, the retailer discovered that the traded watch, a supposed Rolex watch, was counterfeit and subsequently alerted the police.

Through swift follow-up investigations, officers from Central Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him within three hours at Changi Airport Terminal 1, before he could depart from Singapore.

The three Rolex watches were recovered from the man.

He will be charged in court on Nov. 29 with the offence of cheating.

The offence of cheating carries a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine.

The police warned members of the public that it is a serious offence to defraud retailers and they take a serious view against any person who may be involved in scams and frauds.

Offenders will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law, the police added.

Top photos via Singapore Police Force




Opinion : no check serial number before purchase ? even my father tired to sell his dubious rolex and the person say this dubious rolex second hand and no serial number cannot buy one

malaysia police should learn

cheap knockoff ofcourse no serial number.

now all higher end replicas come with the correct serial number together with a nice box and warranty card for you.

Almost.

He able to leave the shop and only get caught in airport.

How fast they act.. omg

Italian lucky tikam the shop that has little experience in identifying fake watches.

Watch crime watch drama sg, once the person detect something wrong and straight report and as long the customer info is accurate as possible, can arrest before they fly away


Few year back they also did similar thing, someone scam the currency convert exchange and after report that, the police see all cctv in all possible angle and airport also.


Nowadays the police equipped with AI and cctv , can detect as fast as it can especially if is foreigners.

Can give excuse saya tidak tahu even dumb shop also cant detect its fake

bila malaysia authority will match this kind of efficiency ?

Ya saw a documentary last year, fake Rolex made in china, quality so good that even a swiss authenticator was stumped and puzzled.

But then again to create a high quality copy, the cost also not cheap, possibly even matches Rolex own actual manufacturing cost. So the savings in buying such high quality fakes is only the difference in profit margin.

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Yesterday, 03:31 PM

Of all places , he decides to do it in Singapore. Face palm

How the dealer FAILED to confirm authenticity? Thats a diamond & sapphire custom set Rolex, which only they do it exclusively.

I got for a quote before for the copy one.
AP RO blue 3 hand （顶级版）top quality RM1400, another version they say is (天花板版本） "Roof Top" Quality for RM2500
SMP300 metal braclet can get For RM500, and another one 1:1 (1比1）they got send me a video, movement looks same, metal braclet, the clasp got glide lock micro adjust for RM2k plus

Actually the workmanship of Swiss nothing special, China can copy it easily and with today's technology, everything can be made very very precise at much cheaper cost. The Swiss sell bullshit story about their craftsmanship and legacy to dumb idiots when they can't compete in accuracy lel

rilek dulu bro, mai isap sebatang dulu

23 yo already doing
can join silicon valley tech startup

So powderful. 3 hours already kaotim the suspect.

first there were the fakes

then came the superfakes

up next: the hyper-fakes

safest to just buy a Seiko 5

Negara kecik senang urus

Seiko 5 also got fakes itellyu