SINGAPORE: Twelve people are being investigated following a police probe into recent reports of extortion letters containing manipulated obscene photos of the victims. The seven men and five women, aged between 18 and 46, had purportedly provided bank accounts and SIM cards used to commit a series of extortion, police said in a news release on Wednesday … Read more
SINGAPORE: Fourteen people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, the police said on Sunday (Apr 28). The suspects aged between 22 and 59 were rounded up during police raids on hotels and residential units in the Bras Basah Road, Havelock Road, Shanghai Road and Orchard Road areas. During the operation between Apr 24 and … Read more
SINGAPORE: Four men in their twenties were arrested in the early hours of Thursday (Apr 25) after a fight involving weapons along Prinsep Street. Police were alerted to the incident at 12.40am and upon arriving at the scene, officers spotted two injured men. Preliminary investigations revealed that the two men, aged 23 and 24, were … Read more
SINGAPORE: More than 300 suspected scammers and money mules are being investigated following a two-week operation, said the police on Thursday (Apr 25). The 214 men and 95 women are aged between 16 and 75. The 309 people are believed to be involved in more than 1,600 scam cases, comprising mainly investment scams, internet love scams, … Read more
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SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old car driver will be charged in court on Thursday (Apr 25) with four offences over his involvement in Monday’s multi-vehicle accident in Tampines that killed two people. The offences under the Road Traffic Act include dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing hurt, the police said late on Wednesday. He will also be charged with … Read more
SINGAPORE: All travellers entering or leaving Singapore with more than S$20,000 (US$14,700) in cash must declare them online from May 13. Those carrying over S$20,000 of bearable negotiable instruments – such as traveller’s cheques, money orders and postal orders – will also have to declare them. Currently, travellers are required to submit their declarations in … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (Apr 14) several hours after an alleged supermarket robbery attempt in Choa Chu Kang. The police were alerted to the incident at about 3.15am. Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had allegedly walked into a supermarket along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 7 with a metal rod, the police … Read more
To dissuade victims from seeking further verification, scammers would say that the accounts had been created “for them” or that the accounts were meant to “hold the funds prior to the creation of their account”. Individuals would realise that they had been scammed after logging into their banking applications and finding no changes to the … Read more
“While scammers are innovative, there’s always a pattern we can identify,” the 38-year-old said. The nature of the hoax is then shared with the public “to minimise the impact of those scams”. Some scams, such as love scams, are more complex, DSP Sindhu added. Here, scammers adopt a fake identity and pretend to look for … Read more
SINGAPORE: Police in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea have arrested 272 people in a joint operation targeting child pornography and sexual exploitation. The suspects, aged between 12 and 73, were arrested during a five-week operation from Feb 26 to Mar 29, during which authorities raided a total of 236 locations. In Singapore, 28 people were … Read more
