Singapore police have apprehended six more individuals in an ongoing investigation into unauthorized changes to residential addresses via the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) e-service. The arrests bring the total number of suspects to 13, who are believed to be responsible for at least 66 attempted unauthorized address changes.
Singapore police have arrested six more individuals in connection with a case involving the unauthorized alteration of residential addresses online through the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's ( ICA ) e-service. This latest round of arrests brings the total number of suspects apprehended to 13, following the initial arrest of seven individuals between January 11 and 13.
The six newly arrested suspects, comprising five men and one woman aged between 18 and 39, were identified and apprehended through continuous island-wide police operations. Authorities believe that all 13 suspects are collectively responsible for at least 66 attempted unauthorized changes to residential addresses.Investigations reveal that nine suspects are being scrutinized for abetting or causing unauthorized disclosure of access codes, two for disclosing access codes related to the national digital identity service, and one for transmitting another person's credentials in connection with the national digital identity service. The remaining suspect is under investigation for allegedly transferring benefits derived from criminal conduct under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act. Some of the 13 suspects are also facing investigations by ICA for alleged violations of the National Registration Regulations.Previously, ICA reported a total of 87 unauthorized attempts to change registered residential addresses as of January 13, with 69 of these attempts proving successful. Following these unauthorized alterations, police conducted visits to the addresses where the suspects had changed the victims' registered addresses. The investigation uncovered that four out of 32 valid addresses where PIN mailers were sent had unsecured or faulty letterboxes, potentially allowing the perpetrators to easily obtain the PIN mailers. Individuals found guilty of unauthorized disclosure of access codes under the Computer Misuse Act face imprisonment of up to three years, fines of up to $10,000, or both, for first-time offenders. Those convicted of disclosing passwords or access codes related to the national digital identity service under the same Act can also be imprisoned for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both, for first-time offenses. Supplying the credentials of another person in relation to the national digital identity service under the same Act carries a jail term of up to three years, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for first-time offenders. Any individual found guilty of transferring benefits from criminal conduct under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act can face imprisonment for up to 10 years, fines of up to $500,000, or both. Breaching the National Registration Regulations can result in imprisonment for up to two years, fines of up to $3,000, or both
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