A CONMAN who pulled off a ruse six years ago with forged papers, a 'borrowed' identity card and an imposter has been jailed four years. After his scam netted him $860,000, Ian Huang Yuan Yuan, an American and a permanent resident here, skipped town for the United States. The 57-year-old was arrested in his native Hong Kong in 2004, where he was detained for more than two years before his extradition here in February. A district court heard on Tuesday that in June 2001, he went to Mr Eng Fook Hoong with a request for a US$500,000 loan to do business in China. As collateral, Huang offered documents purportedly showing he had deposits in Rothschild Bank in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr Eng approached Kim Eng Finance, which was told that the loan would be repaid when Huang's money from Rothschild came in October that year. Kim Eng, on finding that Huang had no assets here, wanted alternative collateral. The name Edna Ko, Huang's landlady, was produced as guarantor - without her permission.
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