Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 28, orchestrated at least 73 staged road traffic accidents across Singapore between September 2019 and January 2024 to demand private cash settlements from innocent drivers [1, 2, 3]. He engineered collisions by driving dangerously close to other vehicles, failing to brake, or accelerating to cause side-swipe collisions, then pressured victims to pay cash settlements ranging from SGD 180 to SGD 1,500 [1, 2, 3].
On June 5, 2024, Danial was sentenced to 32 weeks’ jail and fined SGD 6,000. The court also disqualified him from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 48 months after his release [1, 2, 3]. He pleaded guilty to 12 charges including cheating, dangerous driving, and inconsiderate driving, with 25 additional charges taken into consideration during sentencing [1, 2, 3].
Among the incidents cited in court, on July 19, 2023, Danial staged a collision at Cantonment Road and Keppel Road to extort SGD 180 from a driver named Yusoff [1, 2, 3]. The following day, he used similar tactics to extort SGD 300 from another driver, Tay, on Sims Avenue [1, 2, 3]. Another noted episode involved an attempt to overtake a vehicle along Geylang Road in November 2023, though details are limited [1, 2, 3].
In addition to the traffic fraud, Danial defrauded his employer, Cedele, by accumulating customer purchase points and redeeming a SGD 100 cash voucher for personal use [1, 2, 3]. Court documents do not reveal the total amount Danial obtained through the staged accidents [1, 2, 3].
The series of staged accidents began in September 2019 and continued until January 2024, marking over four years of fraudulent activity [1, 2, 3]. Following his sentencing, Danial faces a lengthy driving licence ban as part of his punishment [1, 2, 3].
