Court Jails Man Who Posed As Female Gynaecologist To Get Intimate Photos & Videos From Women

A man impersonated on Facebook as a female gynaecologist working at a hospital and tricked dozens of women into sending photos of their genitalia to him has been sentenced to jail in Singapore.

According to Cable Network News (CNN), the Singapore state courts on Wednesday found the accused, Ooi Chuen Wei, 37, from Malaysia, guilty of “cheating by personation” and sentenced him to three years and four months in prison.

Ooi set up a fake profile on Facebook to contact the women, asking them to fill out surveys that included questions about their genitals and s*x lives, according to court documents seen by CNN.

He used a random photograph of a Malaysian woman as his profile picture, added both male and female Facebook friends, and created an Instagram and LinkedIn profile using the same name to make his account seem more legitimate, said reports.

He then identified female victims to target and sent them a message introducing himself as Dr. Lee and offered to share a medical plan for monthly consultations. He then asked the victims to send videos to enable him to diagnose any health issues, so he could provide them with a treatment plan.

He then offered to share a monthly medical plan for breast and sexual health consultations with the victims, reports The Straits Times (ST).

According to him, Gleneagles Medical Centre “approved” of the plan.

Next, he asked them to submit him recordings of them massaging their private parts, sending them step-by-step instructions on how to do so. He alleged that the recordings enabled him to diagnose health issues, so he could provide a treatment plan. He then downloaded and saved the videos and photos that the women sent.

Ooi even went as far as to avoid speaking to the victims to avoid blowing his cover.

Over four years, the accused duped 38 women and received close to 1,000 intimate photos and videos in return.

In 2021, his crimes came to light after one of his victims started to grow suspicious of Ooi and realized that there was no such doctor and decided to complain to the police.

The police then raided Ooi’s home and seized his devices. During investigation and questioning by police, during the police investigation, he admitted to tricking the women, according to the court documents.

Deputy public prosecutor R. Arvindren asked for a prison sentence of at least three years and eight months for Ooi, citing a large number of victims and how long the accused had continued his deception.

“The accused executed a carefully thought out scheme to satisfy his sexual desires,” Arvindren said.

“(He) pretended that he was a female doctor and deceived several victims into sending various compromising photographs and videos of themselves. (He) has abused the trust the public has for doctors and he has exploited social media to commit the crimes,” he added.

The 35 victims reportedly sent a total of 919 photos and videos of their private parts to him.

Ooi was eventually sentenced to 40 months in jail.