The eight people, aged 60 to 78, were investigated after Woodlands Police Division officers conducted an operation in Yishun on September 15, 2021.
More than S$2,000 in cash, mobile phones, and gambling-related memorabilia were seized.
If they are found to be guilty of bookmaking they can be fined a minimum of SGD$20,000 and up to a maximum of SGD$200,000. It also includes a jail sentence of up to 5 years.
3 of the individuals are investigated under the remote gambling act, anyone convicted of such a crime can be fined up to SGD$5,000 and jailed up to 6 months.
An accident happened today (18 Sep) on the Upper Serangoon Viaduct due to reckless driving behaviour and was caught on film.
An Audi A5 bearing the plate number #SKE4197H and a Hyundai Elantra #SKB9839Y were seen speeding on the road and overtaking other vehicles recklessly.
They ended up crashing and causing a chain collision, almost hitting the other pedestrians standing at the road shoulder who belonged to the vehicles ahead from an earlier incident.
A video was uploaded on Facebook after a man was spotted pouring urine out of his window
According to the Facebook user who spotted the man, he said that the man was pouring unknown fluid down from his HDB unit and he said the fluid smelled like urine with a foul smell. Despite confronting the man, he has not stopped “marking his territory”.
Previously a video went viral after an auntie was spotted stopping debt collectors from performing their jobs by accusing them of molest.
A new footage has emerged (Part 2) and the auntie was seen going around in the coffee shop telling everyone at the coffeeshop that the young man had molested her.
Update on the scammers operating on Shopee, io informed me based on an investigation that this is the work of a multinational syndicate & the operator is based out of Malaysia & Spf requires the help of the royal Malaysian police to track down the members.
Furthermore the money has been transferred out to Malaysia & the Philippines. So now is only to wait for the help of the overseas police to help to track down & apprehend the suspects hoping to cheat/scam on such platforms.
Pray that I recover the money deposited to the local posb account.
On September 17, 2021, 15 people ranging in age from 25 to 66 faced charges in court for their alleged involvement in fraudulent bank loan applications. Two of them will also face charges of giving a public servant false information.
A local bank discovered falsified wage slips used to support multiple personal loan applications, according to a complaint received by the police in May 2019. Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department discovered that the 15 people had reportedly supplied their personal information and copies of their identity cards to other individuals for bank loan applications between March and May 2019.
All 15 people will be charged under Section 47(3) and Section 47(6)(a) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Offenses (Confiscation of Benefits) Act for gaining property they have reason to suspect is the result of criminal activity.
The crime carries a penalty of up to ten years in jail, a fine of up to $500,000, or both. The crime of giving false information to a public worker carries a penalty of up to two years in jail, a fine, or both.
54-year-old Chinese national, Wei Hongtao, was convicted and sentenced to 26 months in prison and a $70,000 fine for two counts of assisting another to retain benefits from criminal conduct under Section 44(1)(a) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (“CDSA”) and one count of carrying on an unlicensed remittance business on September 9, 2021.
Wei confessed to making plans to receive and transfer illicit proceeds with a co-accused person. Wei was promised commissions in November 2017 in exchange for utilizing a business bank account to accept funds for a third party and then transfer the funds to China.
Wei did not have a corporate bank account therefore he sought the aid of another man to utilize the latter’s company’s corporate bank accounts in exchange for a portion of the commission.
Wei had concerns regarding the funds he was assisting in receiving at all times, thinking that the arrangements were intended to avoid corporate taxes in other countries.
Despite his suspicions, he made arrangements with the co-accused to assist in the receipt and transfer of funds for the benefit of the third party, despite having reasonable grounds to believe that the third party had engaged in criminal conduct, and by making these arrangements, he facilitated the third party’s retention of the benefits of criminal conduct.
Separately, in January 2018, Wei and the co-accused individual agreed to utilize the latter’s business bank accounts to help another Wei acquaintance transfer money to China in exchange for a commission split. Wei was well aware that the firm lacked a legitimate remittance license from the Singapore Monetary Authority.
Wei’s agreements with the co-accused person resulted in the co-accused person’s business bank accounts receiving and remitting cash totalling roughly USD 2.5 million to various bank accounts in China.
Approximately SGD 456,202 of the funds received in corporate bank accounts have been linked to fraud victims.
Ten men and three women, aged 28 to 51, are being investigated by the police for their alleged involvement in illicit gaming and non-compliance with safe distancing measures (SDM).
Officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted an operation at a residential unit along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 on September 16, 2021, at 9.30 p.m., and discovered 13 people allegedly gathering and engaged in gambling-related activities.
The offence of using a location as a common gambling house is punished by a fine of $5,000 to $50,000 and a sentence of imprisonment of not more than three years under the Common Gaming Houses Act. Gambling at a common gaming establishment is penalized by a fine of not more than $5,000 and/or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Those found guilty of non-compliance with SDM under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 may face a fine of up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months.
A video emerged online showing a motorcycle trying to squeeze through traffic.
The motorcyclist was sandwiched between a bus and a car and couldn’t pass through because of the car’s mirror.
So the gracious driver, realising the biker’s predicament, decided to fold in his/her side mirror and allow enough space for the motorcyclist to pass through.
