By Khushwant Singh and Sujin Thomas

SECURITY officer Kumaran Subramaniam claimed he was robbed by two men while escorting $83,000 from the Grand Hyatt Hotel to a nearby Citibank branch in July last year.

But he had cooked up that tale with two part-time security guards.

His accomplices, Gunaselan Dharmiah, 25, and Rajan Mariappah, 20, pleaded guilty last December and were jailed 15 months each.

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