A FORMER relationship manager handed over signed blank letterheads belonging to his bank to a friend to help her forge fictitious bank reference letters for her prospective clients, a court heard.

Allen Francis Jordan, 32 - then with MeesPierson Asia, now called Fortis Bank - admitted to three out of 12 charges of helping American Express Bank (AEB) relationship manager Ho Nyat Yeing fraudulently use forged MeesPierson reference letters showing that her clients had accounts with the private bank.

Ho, 51, has been charged with 79 counts of forgery. The matter is pending.

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