Professional Swindler

Hundreds of steel pipes, each twenty metre long

were shipped in to construct a pharmaceutical plant

Only about half of them are with the warranty certificates

The others were corroded pipes from contractors

who dealt with used pipes

Beware, my friends,

Your site representative may be helping

the supplier to cheat you

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These pipes cannot come with warranty certificates

The cunning project engineer who was the mastermind

worked out a smart plan

He deliberately shouted in the big common office

where they were about sixty other engineers,

managers and technicians

that he saw the original certificates

on Mr. So & So’s table

The truth was if this fraud

was ever discovered and the matter handed

over to the commercial crime department

he would be a free man

for he could tell the judge

he was the one who first raised the matter

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You see, how a thief could plan such a frame

If the dishonest deal was successful

he would be able to buy a condo in India

He told the used pipes supplier to

have the steel pipes galvanized

before they were shipped to the construction site

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The truth was even painting couldn’t seal up

the pitted portions

It was a kid’s idea

Just like you want to seal up

the holes on your face with cream

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As expected the plan went well

for some reason

Every thing was as planned

Every one was laughing his way to the bank

Used pipes passed off as perfect ones

Won’t you want to know how?

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Copyright ©2004 by Poh Tiong Ho

Footnote:

The engineer involved was representing the Pharmaceutical company. He collaborated with the pipe supplier to cheat his own company.

In one country where the same incident ( contractor using defective piles on new buildings) was going on, a gas pipe cracked and caused an explosion, killing many people in that building.