Singapore jails man who used fake staff pass to watch Bruno Mars concert after his post on ruse

The 23-year-old from Cameroon forged a fake pass for Singapore Sports Hub workers, which gave him access to the stadium on April 3, the first night of Mars’ concerts. He was caught after he tried to watch the show a second time.

Another three similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.

The court heard that Tengueu arrived in Singapore on April 2, intending to watch the Bruno Mars concert even though he did not have a valid ticket.

He visited the Singapore Sports Hub that same day, Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Da Zhuan told the court.

While he walked around, he noticed that some of the staff members – who had Singapore Sports Hub work passes – were able to enter the National Stadium freely.

Tengueu then devised a plan to gain entry by pretending that he was a Singapore Sports Hub worker.

To do this, he approached several individuals with the pass and struck up a conversation with them.

As he conversed with them, he took videos of their passes using his mobile phone.

Videos played in court showed Tengueu approaching two different persons, one with the front of his pass displayed and another with the back of his pass shown.

The next day, April 3, Tengueu took a screenshot of a pass from the video he recorded and used photo-editing application Photoshop to make a fake one on his laptop.

He did this by digitally affixing his photograph and adding his name “Karl Philippe” onto the digital photo.

He then located a printing shop and made an order to print multiple copies of the fake pass, as well as a forged VIP ticket for the concert.

At about 8pm that day, Tengueu went to the concert venue wearing a lanyard with his forged Singapore Sports Hub pass and a reflective vest to masquerade as a staff member.

He then posted