3 men and 3 women allegedly opened new bank accounts and gave the details to a criminal syndicate.
Three men and three women aged 20 to 35 appeared in the State Courts on Nov 4 to receive their charges.
They had allegedly opened new bank accounts and gave the account details to a criminal syndicate, according to the police. Of the six people who received their first charges in court on Nov 4, Jolin Ng Ee Jun, 25, faces three counts of abetment of cheating and four charges for facilitating the transfer of benefits of criminal conduct.
Investigations show he had allegedly opened bank accounts with OCBC and UOB and given the account details to Cher. He had also received $835 of Yap’s criminal proceeds before lying to a police officer that he was a victim of a phishing scam. Arellano Gian Paul Aquilon, 26, faces one charge for abetment of cheating, one under the Computer Misuse Act and three charges for facilitating the benefits of criminal proceeds.
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