‘I don’t want to know how much I’ve lost’: Singaporean scam victim who transferred S$1.19mil to syndicate

SINGAPORE: When told by a “police officer” that she might be implicated in money laundering, a woman feared she would be dragged into the S$3 billion case. Wanting to be known only as Grace, the retiree, 67, said that even though she was never involved in crime, she thought about Singapore’s biggest money laundering case that...

Parcel scam in costs Kota Tinggi woman RM238,000

KOTA TINGGI: A 48-year-old woman lost RM238,000 of her savings in a parcel scam. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman stated that the victim, employed in the private sector, received a call in August from a suspect posing as a courier company employee. The suspect alleged there was an issue with a parcel the victim sent. When the...

Najib ‘wilfully blind’ to the need to inquire into origin of 1MDB funds, says judge

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court ruled that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was "wilfully blind" to his failure to inquire into the origin of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now a Court of Appeal judge) said that, given the substantial sums deposited, namely US$681mil, and the US$620mil returned to...

More arrests, cash seized by MACC in ongoing probe into unnamed politician’s graft

KOTA KINABALU: The MACC has raided two more safehouses and seized RM321,000 in addition to the RM5mil in foreign currency confiscated earlier from a politician’s safehouse. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) said the latest raids were conducted on Sunday (Oct 13) around the Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur area. “In total, we...

RM49,000 deposited into Wan Saiful’s personal account two years ago, court told

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told on Thursday (Aug 22) that RM49,000 was deposited into the private bank account of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan two years ago. Maybank Bukit Damansara branch assistant manager Fazilah Omar, 49, confirmed that the amount was deposited into Wan Saiful's Maybank Islamic account via...

RM49,000 deposited into Wan Saiful’s personal account two years ago, court told

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told on Thursday (Aug 22) that RM49,000 was deposited into the private bank account of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan two years ago. Maybank Bukit Damansara branch assistant manager Fazilah Omar, 49, confirmed that the amount was deposited into Wan Saiful's Maybank Islamic account via...

Taiwanese Actress Ady An Called Heartless For Not Visiting Tycoon Husband In Prison

Her husband, who the boss of Macau's second biggest casino junket, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges including illegal gambling, fraud, and money laundering. Taiwanese actress Ady An has been keeping a low profile ever since her husband Levo Chan was arrested in Macau, where they were based, in 2022. Formerly the chairman of Tak Chun Group, the second biggest casino junket operator in...

Still no decision on Najib’s representation to drop three charges, High Court hears

KUALA LUMPUR: There is still no decision on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to drop his three other money laundering charges involving SRC International Sdn Bhd funds amounting to RM27mil, the High Court heard. According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul, the status quo on the representation remains. "The...

Launderer deportations attract S’pore controversy

PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...

Businessmen in Singapore placed on China’s wanted list weeks after money laundering raid in 2023

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two businessmen living in Singapore since 2021 have been placed on the wanted list in China for their involvement in a cross-border online gambling syndicate. Su Shuiming and Su Shuijun were first added to the list in September 2023, just weeks after the Commercial Affairs Department led a police operation that saw...