A 40-year-old man has ended up behind bars for duping women into having sex with him by pretending to be an agent for sugar daddies.

A Singapore court sentenced De Beers Wong Tian Jun Wednesday. He now faces eight years in prison for preying on more than 11 women ranging in age from 18 to 24.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said Wong's behavior placed him in the "highest ranges" of harm and culpability, according to Yahoo News.

Wong put up an online classified advertisement on the website Locanto seeking escorts who could provide sexual services to "sugar daddies" or rich older men who are willing to spend huge sums of money on younger women in exchange for their company, reported The Straits Times.

More than 11 women responded to his advertisements between April 2015 and January 2016. Wong told these women he had clients who could pay them between SG$8,000 (around $5,850) and SG$20,000 (around $14,600) a month for their services.

Wong created fake chats between himself and his "clients" to convince the women. He also obtained nude photos of the victims.

He then told the women they had to engage in sexual activity with him or provide him with sexually explicit photographs or videos of themselves so that he could assess whether they would be suitable for his clients.

Wong pleaded guilty to cheating, criminal intimidation and making an obscene film. While pleading guilty, he told the court he was mentally unsound and had been depressed and stressed.

"It was only after visiting the doctor that I realized why I made such an unsound decision then. Because... I've always been trying to do good and it was only after speaking to counselor did I realize why I made such a wrong bad decision at that time," he said.

However, the chief justice rejected Wong's psychiatric report that suggested he suffered from "adjustment disorder," saying it was ridden with falsehoods.

During sentencing, Menon said Wong had "procured penetrative sex from the victims" which was "grievous intrusions of bodily autonomy," adding that he acted with "clear premeditation" and his behavior was simply cruel.

"He showed no remorse or doubt whatsoever when going about his spree of offending behavior," Menon said further.

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