A lorry driver who was sentenced to a jail term of 53 years for fraud which he never committed was finally acquitted of his conviction on May 3.

However, this acquittal came only after Tey Kok Liong, 49, was forced to spend about two years serving the 53-year jail sentence.

This was all due to a case of stolen identity as Tey’s name and identity card was misused in order to register 10 businesses dealing in fraudulent activities.

It escalated to the point that Teh faced 494 cases filed by fraud victims with the Consumer Claims Tribunal between 2013 and 2014.

“Someone used Tey’s name and identity card to ...