Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Wan Ting Koh

Yahoo News Singapore 25 May 2017


Roderic Chen Hao Ran was sentenced in the State Courts on 26 May. (Yahoo Singapore photo: Safhras Khan)
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A pimp who operated an online social escort business for over two years from 2015 was sentenced to 24 months’ jail and fined S$83,000 on Friday (26 May)

Roderic Chen Hao Ran, 32, pleaded guilty to nine charges under the Women’s Charter on 9 March this year. These include five counts of living in part on the earnings of prostitution and three counts of procuring women for prostitution.

Chen also pleaded guilty to a new provision under the Women’s Charter – the operation of a mobile phone line that offered the provision of sexual services by multiple women to other persons in return for payment.

Chen’s case is the first to be concluded under the new provision, which took effect on 1 July last year. The provision, which was read by Social and Family Development Minister Tan Chuan-Jin in February 2016, is meant to target vice syndicates operating online.

Another 17 charges similar charges and one charge under the Protection from Harassment Act were taken into consideration for sentencing.

Chen had first learned how to operate a social escort company from a fellow inmate while he was serving a prison stint. After he was released in 2011, Chen set up an employment agency but the business did not do well and incurred debts.

As a result, Chen started the online social escort service in 2015 to pay off his debts. Chen met a co-accused, Lee Soon Ann, 37, and they agreed to cooperate and share the social escorts under their charge as well as the commissions.

Chen and Lee started operating their business providing prostitutes via their websites for an hourly rate of between $450 and $650.

The two would place advertisements on the websites and girls who were interested would call and send in their personal particulars and photographs. The girls were informed beforehand that they might have to provide sexual services to clients.

The pair would take and share a cut of about 40 per cent from each woman per assignment. Their business involved 12 prostitutes in total.

The police, acting on a tip-off, eventually raided Chen’s house in Compassvale Walk on 27 July 2016 and he was arrested. Lee, who was arrested later, has not yet been dealt with in court.

Over the 30 months of operations, Chen earned about S$5,000 a month and some $150,000 in total.

The prosecution, represented by Deputy Public Prosecutor Gail Wong, sought 25 months’ jail and a fine of $83,000.

Referring to the new provision, DPP Wong said that Chen’s use of an online website and a phone line exploited the “expansive reach of this medium, which is able to reach many more customers over and above traditional pimping though physical communications”.


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Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

He is making tons of $ his counterparts got red eyes. Next time he should share his earning with his partners. Or else close down the biz. Office politics brought his downfall.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Seriously? Offend the law for just $5K per month? :confused:

Nabeh, go drive Uber can earn more than this.

Drive uber can't earn u 5k la. Don't mislead the gong Here.

5k at 40% means average 12 k a month.
Assuming average 500 one ger, means 24 deals a month. If one month he got few gers on hand, say 6 different gers, means only 4 deals per ger a month!!
Like that the GEr run off to other pimps Liao la

Maybe av tio pian or hes a lazy unmotivated pimp la
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Exchange points don't add up ma

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

But don't you think offending the laws for earning $5K/month is a little too less. I mean, you smoke in MRT also get fined $1K lah. Now you go become an OKT for just $5K... WTF!

He is indeed an unmotivated OKT. :(

Not 5k la.
150k!! And pay 83k fine ok

The question is is it worth go jail 2 years for 77k!!

But that's not complete picture.
Cos he can't pay 83k, he'll squat longer than 2 Years. Maybe 3 to 4 years.

And its not stated but garbagement can go seize 150k from him. If he got zero assets, means squat even longer!

Anyway got market rate for squatting for u la. Gt ppl willing to squat for 5k for one month. 120k for 2 years, not bad la for some ppl
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EXCHANGE POINTS KNOW MATHEMATICS MA

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

no jail worth, and jail of cos not worth. they always hope they will not get caught ...

I think those pimps also fuck their girls ... maybe for free

Then these ppl dumb lo.

If ppl pay you 5K BE drug mule worth it if u first timer n u carry soft drugs but if give u one brick of fucking heroin, u think worth it bo.

U say mmmm no thanks.
They give u 15k carry, u will accept ma.
Or u negotiate ten trips at 200k?
I bet drug dealer smile. Cos u wont make 5 trips much less ten trips

And I don't understand why ppl keep talking about fucking gers for free.
U think the ger dumb?
Fuck one time, shes newbie, she say OK.
But fuck foc 3 times a week, u think the ger will take it. And got case the okt go overboard, say QC, say must train ger cos custy complain, its the ger who sabo pimp ok
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EXCHANGE points got cost benefit analysis ma

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Uber driver can make $5000.00 per month ? Sure or not ?

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Listen with a pinch of salt.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Best be fucksticks.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

This pimp is numpty.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

This pimp is buttery.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Listen and wank on your puffin.

Re: Online pimp sentenced to 24 months' jail, fined $83,000
 

Same thoughts here.