A former investigator with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has been charged in court for allegedly gaining unauthorized access to tax information. The accused is accused of using the authority's systems to look up taxpayer data in order to answer personal queries from friends and acquaintances.
The case involves breaches of data privacy and misuse of internal systems by a public sector employee. Authorities have not yet detailed the specific dates of the alleged offences or the number of individuals whose data was accessed.
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