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
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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