{"id":105767,"date":"2019-04-04T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T04:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/man-fined-72000-for-illegal-estate-agency-work\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:03:14","slug":"man-fined-72000-for-illegal-estate-agency-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/man-fined-72000-for-illegal-estate-agency-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fined $72,000 for illegal estate agency work"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe unlicensed agent had posted nine online advertisements for the lease of private properties and HDB flats on public property portals.
\nA 31-year old man was convicted in court of nine charges of conducting estate agency work without being registered as a real estate agent with the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA), reported the Straits Times.
\nLim Ruiwen was fined a total of $72,000, in default of 27 weeks jail for the charges.
\nLim started as a property agent in January 2011 and worked with Global Alliance Property from 1 January 2016 to 31 December of that year.
\nWhen his registration expired after 2016, he did not renew his registration as a property agent via a property agency for the following year. Global Alliance also terminated his services by end-2016.
\nDespite being unregistered with CEA, Lim posted nine online advertisements for the lease of private properties and Housing Board flats on public property portals between January and March 2017.
\nHe acted as Global Alliance\u2019s sales staff even without being registered.
\nLim\u2019s advertisements included his name, mobile number, photograph, previous CEA registration number as well as the name of Global Alliance and its CEA licence.
\nIn sentencing, the court considered 43 other similar charges.
\nLim had also posted 43 advertisements for the rental of other private properties and HDB flats on other public property portals.
\nEach offence carries a maximum fine of $25,000, up to 12 months\u2019 imprisonment, or both.
\nMeanwhile, CEA has advised consumers to only engage the services of licensed and registered property agents and agencies to help them with their property transactions.
\nIt noted that the public can verify whether an individual is licensed or registered via the public register on the CEA website.
\nFind licensed\u00a0property agents\u00a0who can help you in your\u00a0Singapore Property\u00a0search.
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
\n
\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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