51-year-old Indian woman jailed in Singapore for duping man on matchmaking website 

A 51-year-old Indian-origin woman was on Tuesday jailed in Singapore for duping man on matchmaking website.

A 51-year-old Indian-origin woman was on Tuesday sentenced to seven months' jail by a Singapore court for duping an Indian man and his father of more than SGD 5,000 by masquerading as a younger woman on a matchmaking website.

Maliha Ramu had posted a fake profile for a 25-year-old single woman named Keerthana on the Tamil Matrimony website, TODAY newspaper reported.

Maliha used her relative's photographs and avoided video calls by saying she worked at an army base overseas and was not allowed to use a camera phone.

On Tuesday, she pleaded guilty to two cheating charges, with another three similar counts taken into consideration for sentencing.

She had already served jail time some 15 years ago for similar offences committed in 2006 and 2007, involving much larger sums of money. In one case, she befriended victims in India and Australia, promising to marry them but cheating them of SGD 225,000 instead.

The court heard that at the time of her latest offences, she was widowed and self-employed.

In November 2018, the father of her victim, Govindandhanasekaran Murallikrishna, signed up for an account on the matchmaking website to find a partner for his 29-year-old son.