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Making it easier to prosecute money mules and those who abuse Singpass credentials for scams - that is the aim of two Bills that were put up for debate in Parliament on Monday (May 8). Giving details, Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo told the House that the authorities must do everything they can to preve
There were about 790 victims who lost a total of $13.7 million in the scam from December 2021 to January 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Under proposed changes to the law, a suspected money mule will be expected to make a “reasoned assessment” of the nature of the transaction, as a possible defence is that they did not know or had no reasonable grounds to believe that the funds involved were the proceeds of crime. How then will the authorities appro
The number of people being scammed to release their bank or Singpass details for nefarious purposes, and the value of resulting losses, are cause for great concern. Even more worrying is the fact that some Singaporeans are willing participants in such crimes. NMP Janet Ang said this in Parliament on Monday (May 8). She
Not all money mules fit the stereotype of a criminal scammer. Some may be victims of circumstance –