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15 August 2023-The 10 accused in this case are arrested. Assets worth over 1 billion Singapore Dollars were either seized, frozen or issued prohibition of disposal orders, including vehicles, Bearbricks, properties, luxury items, grand pianos, liquor and wine. [1][9] 16 August 2023-The 10 accused in this case are charged in court. [4]
Ng Yu Zhi. Ng Yu Zhi (born c. 1987), [1] also known as Ng You Zhi, [2][3] is a Singaporean alleged fraudster. The former director of Envy Global Trading, he was charged in March 2021 with running the largest Ponzi scheme [1] in the history of Singapore, worth about S$ 1.5 billion.
The Singapore Police has taken action against transnational crime syndicates on its own or in combined operations with the Royal Malaysia Police: Thirteen transnational scam syndicates with the arrest of more than seventy persons (2022). [61] Home rental scams that incurred $1.3 million losses from 480 victims (2023). [63]
t. e. The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, often referred to as the 1MDB scandal or just 1MDB, is an ongoing corruption, bribery and money laundering conspiracy in which the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was systematically embezzled, with assets diverted globally by the perpetrators of the scheme. [1]
v. t. e. The Republic of Singapore is generally perceived as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Cases are mostly handled by the Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), a government agency in Singapore that investigates and prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors. [1]
Three Arrows Capital. Three Arrows Capital (also known as 3AC or TAC) was a Singapore -based cryptocurrency hedge fund which was ordered to liquidate on 27 June 2022 by a court in the British Virgin Islands. [1] It was founded in 2012 by Kyle Davies and Su Zhu. [3][4][5] The company borrowed billions of dollars to fund its trading, and ...
In the UK, the country’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau received more than 8,000 reports of romance fraud in the 2022 financial year, totaling more than £92 million (US $116.6 million) lost ...
Convictions. Misuse of around S$50 million of City Harvest Church's funds. The City Harvest Church criminal breach of trust (CBT) case was one of the longest criminal trials in Singapore's history. [2] Church founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders were found guilty by a District Court on 21 October 2015 of CBT by agent after ...