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Banks lost US$300m in 'fraudulent loans' to Hin Leong

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Anita Gabriel

Anita Gabriel

Published Tue, Jun 29, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    SIXTEEN banks in Singapore have suffered nearly US$300 million in "actual monetary loss" out of a total US$2.77 billion loans they were allegedly "deceived" into extending to collapsed oil trader Hin Leong Trading (HLT) by the company's founder Lim Oon Kuin.

    The losses - US$291.9 million to be exact - are related to some of the 130 charges, mostly forgery-related, that have been tendered against Lim, Singapore prosecutors disclosed during last week's hearing on the case against Lim, better known as OK Lim.

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