SINGAPORE: A 54-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing US$80,000 (S$107,000) in cash from a passenger on board a flight from Hong Kong to Singapore, the police said on Wednesday (Mar 6). The passenger discovered that the cash was missing from his bag after he disembarked at Changi Airport on Tuesday. “Preliminary investigations revealed … Read more
SINGAPORE: Fifteen men were arrested on Friday (Mar 1) for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil. Eight of them were crew members of a Singapore-registered tugboat while seven were crew members from a foreign-registered tugboat, said the police in a news release. The suspected illegal transaction is believed to have taken place … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 31-year-old woman has been arrested after US$4.2 million in cryptocurrency was allegedly misappropriated. She will be charged in court on Wednesday (Feb 28) for cheating and suspected involvement in money laundering activities, the police said in a news release late on Tuesday. The police said that they received a report on Feb 28 … Read more
YuuZoo, which was listed on the Singapore Exchange mainboard, released several financial reports between 2015 and 2016 that were allegedly misleading. According to the police, the statements allegedly overstated YuuZoo’s revenue by US$4.6 million to US$18.8 million. Former YuuZoo CEO James Matthew Somasundram was charged on Feb 21 under the Securities and Futures Act in connection with … Read more
THEFT IN SHOPS, DWELLINGS More than two-thirds of shop theft cases happened at retail outlets like department stories, supermarkets, pharmacies and minimarts, said SPF in a press release. Items typically stolen included food and beverages, alcoholic drinks, personal care products, cosmetics, apparel and accessories. Shop theft comprised 19.7 per cent of the total physical crime cases … Read more
ANTI-MALWARE MEASURES SPF detailed a series of measures that were implemented last year to combat the spike in Android malware scams. In August, OCBC became the first bank in Singapore to block some customers from using its internet banking and mobile banking app if it detected potentially risky apps downloaded from unofficial portals. The move drew flak … Read more
Another 11 people, including a 15-year-old boy, are assisting in investigations, said the police. Preliminary investigations revealed that they had “unwittingly facilitated the scams” in several ways. Most of them took on job offers on Telegram that asked them to receive money in their bank accounts to buy Razer gift cards. They were also asked to facilitate … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old former nurse has been arrested after he allegedly used the bank card details of patients under his care to make multiple unauthorised transactions. The man was a Woodlands Health nurse deployed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) at the time of offence, the police said in a news release on Sunday … Read more
SINGAPORE: Two men aged 21 and 25 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in China officials impersonation scams which involved staged kidnappings, said the police on Saturday (Jan 20). The two victims in the cases lost nearly S$450,000 (US$335,800) to the scams, according to the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a news release. On … Read more
SINGAPORE: An elderly man was charged on Sunday (Jan 7) with the murder of a woman in Bukit Batok. Quek Eng Hock, 65, is accused of killing the 43-year-old woman on Saturday. The victim cannot be named due to a gag order. Police were called to a flat at Bukit Batok West Avenue 9 on … Read more
