Former Employees of Defunct Training Provider Sentenced for Forging Workplace Safety Certificates

In Singapore, a significant case unfolded as three previous workers of PSU Global, an extinguished training provider, faced imprisonment due to their participation in fraudulent activities related to Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) course certifications. As reported by the Ministry of Manpower, Mohan Prabu, Veeranan Seeman, and Murugaiyan Senthil were found guilty of illegally providing certification that claimed trainees had successfully finished their WSH courses.

The Ministry described these offenses as a "deliberate and coordinated abuse" of the training system, involving various deceptive practices. These included conducting significantly reduced versions of the required WSH courses, guaranteeing trainees a passing grade irrespective of their actual performance, fabricating attendance records, and submitting false training results to the Ministry's official records system.

Mohan Prabu, who served as the director of PSU Global, was the mastermind behind these fraudulent operations, directing trainers to execute the dishonest practices. He even provided a digital signature to facilitate the creation of falsified certificates in his name. He received a 20-week prison sentence for his actions on July 7.

Veeranan Seeman, functioning as a training manager at the institution, was complicit in the scheme by leading the shortened training sessions and manipulating the outcomes of trainees’ assessments. He received a 16-week jail term on March 6. Murugaiyan Senthil was appointed as director in 2019 and continued the fraudulent operations, consenting to the issuance of forged certificates under his name; he was sentenced to six months in prison on April 7.

The investigations highlighted that all three were part of a coordinated scheme to issue certificates that misrepresented the completion of legitimate training requirements. Practical sessions were either overlooked or rushed, often taking merely an hour, while trainees were given answers or told to use pencil for easy corrections, allowing their incorrect answers to be altered. These forged certificates were then falsely submitted to the Ministry's training records system, misleadingly indicating that the trainees had completed their training and were qualified for safety-critical tasks.