Man charged over unauthorised SUTD football field bookings, causing more than $130k in revenue loss男子因未经授权预订新加坡科技设计大学（SUTD）足球场被控，造成超过13万新元的收入损失。
Sashi M Kirubakaran is accused of committing the offences between 2023 and 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Published Sep 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
Updated Sep 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
Sashi M Kirubakaran faces three cheating charges after he allegedly made 181 unauthorised football field bookings.
The purported bookings resulted in a total revenue loss of over $130,000 for SUTD.
Sashi is accused of committing the offences between 2023 and 2025.
SINGAPORE – A man who allegedly made 181 unauthorised bookings of a football field belonging to the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) was handed three cheating charges on Sept 23.
Sashi M Kirubakaran, 41, who was a deputy manager at SUTD at the time of the alleged offences, had claimed that the bookings were for university-linked events.
By doing so, he purportedly induced Exer-Fit Consultancy Services, which provides fitness solutions, to waive the booking fees. This resulted in a revenue loss of over $130,000 for SUTD, the police said on Sept 22.
Court documents did not specify the connection between the university and Exer-Fit .
However, a recent listing by Exer-Fit on the JobStreet portal indicates that it supports daily operations at SUTD’s Sports Recreation Complex and Fitness Centre.
Sashi allegedly cheated Exer-Fit between April 14 and Dec 30, 2023, by making 37 bookings of the football field. This purportedly led to a loss of over $23,000.
He is also accused of lying to the consultancy , claiming that the bookings were for events linked to SUTD.
He allegedly committed similar offences between Jan 1, 2024 and May 4, 2025.
They were said to involve another 144 bookings and more than $109,000 in damage for the university.
Court documents and the police statement did not state why he allegedly made the bookings and who they were for.
The Straits Times has reached out to SUTD for comment on Sashi’s current employment status and the university’s connections to Exer-fit.
His case will be mentioned again in court in October.
For each count of cheating, an offender can be jailed for up to three years, fined or both.
Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.
发布于 2026 年 9 月 23 日下午 5:39
更新于2026年9月23日下午5:39
Sashi M Kirubakaran 被控三项欺诈罪名，据称他未经授权预订了 181 个足球场。
据称，这些预订导致新加坡科技设计大学 (SUTD) 总收入损失超过 13 万美元。
Sashi被指控在2023年至2025年期间犯下这些罪行。
新加坡——一名男子涉嫌未经授权预订新加坡科技设计大学 (SUTD) 的足球场 181 次，于 9 月 23 日被控三项欺诈罪。
41岁的Sashi M Kirubakaran在被指控的犯罪行为发生时是新加坡科技设计大学（SUTD）的副经理，他声称这些预订是为与大学有关的活动而进行的。
警方9月22日表示，他通过这种方式诱使提供健身解决方案的Exer-Fit咨询服务公司免除预订费，导致新加坡科技设计大学损失超过13万美元的收入。
法庭文件并未具体说明该大学与 Exer-Fit 之间的联系。
然而，Exer-Fit 最近在 JobStreet 门户网站上发布的招聘信息显示，该公司为新加坡科技设计大学体育休闲中心和健身中心的日常运营提供支持。
据称，Sashi在2023年4月14日至12月30日期间，通过37次预订足球场的方式欺骗了Exer-Fit公司。这据称导致该公司损失超过23,000美元。
他还被指控向咨询公司撒谎，声称这些预订是与新加坡科技设计大学 (SUTD) 相关的活动。
据称，他在 2024 年 1 月 1 日至 2025 年 5 月 4 日期间犯下了类似的罪行。
据说这些事件还涉及另外 144 起预订，给大学造成了超过 109,000 美元的损失。
法庭文件和警方声明均未说明他为何要进行这些预订以及预订对象是谁。
《海峡时报》已联系新加坡科技设计大学 (SUTD)，就 Sashi 目前的就业状况以及该大学与 Exer-fit 的关系寻求置评。
他的案件将于10月份再次开庭审理。
每项作弊罪名，违法者可被判处最高三年监禁、罚款或两者并罚。
沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。