A FILIPINA who tried to cheat a bank into believing that she had a deposit of RM189 trillion (S$78.9 trillion) was jailed for four years on Friday.

Barcela Losano Rosario, 59, presented a certificate of deposit purportedly signed by Jackson Tai, vice chairman and chief executive officer of DBS and S. Dhanabalan, the chairman, for RM189 trillion in a bid to get DBS to transfer $100 million into 10 different accounts.

This took place between Nov 21 and 25 last year.

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