Luqman Hakim Shahfawi, 31, is set to be sentenced after admitting to a charge of criminal breach of trust, an offense that could land him up to seven years in Singapore’s infamous Changi Prison Complex.
The court heard how Luqman, as the senior flight attendant, was responsible for collecting all the money from onboard sales from other crew members and then securing it in cash deposit bags. After the flight, Luqman was then supposed to bank the deposit bags at Scoot’s headquarters in Singapore. After one flight in late 2023, Luqman accidentally lost two of these deposit bags. Fearing he would be terminated from the airline, Luqman kept quiet and didn’t tell his bosses of the mistake.
Months passed without anyone from Scoot reaching out to Luqman about the missing money. Noticing that the airline seemed clueless about whether the cash was being properly deposited, Luqman began regularly keeping either all the cash or half of the onboard sales for himself.
Between December 2023 and August 2025, Luqman allegedly pocketed the cash from onboard sales on a staggering 366 occasions.
It appears that Luqman’s actions were due to the huge debts he had racked up with unlicensed money lenders. It remains unclear how Luqman was eventually caught, but in August 2025, he made a full confession to bosses when questioned over the missing money, who alerted the police.
He was arrested the following day.
The flight attendant is currently in custody in prison and awaiting trial.
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