Lawyer Jeffrey Ong faces another 12 charges; all linked to client's missing S$33.8m
Latest charges bring total number to 38, including earlier ones for cheating, forgery, CBT linked to other companies
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Tay Peck Gek
Singapore
JLC Advisors managing partner Jeffrey Ong Su Aun was slapped with 12 additional charges on Monday, all in relation to Allied Technologies' missing funds of over S$33 million.
Catalist-listed precision engineering firm Allied Tech's escrow funds were reported missing last May. Between October 2017 and August 2018, sums of between S$9,967 and S$12.2 million were allegedly misappropriated by Ong, amounting to a total of S$33.8 million.
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