Crime

Officers arresting a woman during an enforcement operation at two public entertainment outlets on Oct 23.

From short-term work use to errant abuse: How the Performing Artiste Work Permit scheme was misused

The other pass is the Miscellaneous Work Pass, for eligible foreigners on short-term work assignments, such as speakers at a seminar, religious workers or journalists

Bitcoin mining in Malaysia is legal as long as operators obtain power properly and pay taxes.

Bitcoin miners hunted after stealing US$1 billion of electricity from Malaysia grid

Cracking down on illegal Bitcoin mining gangs has become a cat-and-mouse game in the country

Tan Yew Kiat was arrested this week after the Singapore Police Force conducted a series of raids.

Authorities draw links to car leasing companies in Singapore as US money laundering probe widens

Police raid SRS Auto’s premises and arrest sole proprietor Tan Yew Kiat

Counterfeit goods are flowing into Singapore at an accelerating rate, primarily through online channels.
THE BROAD VIEW

Beyond designer bag busts: Singapore’s counterfeit problem is bigger than luxury goods

The real threat is whether Singaporean consumers are aware of what they’re buying

Guo was found guilty of running a Chinese-operated online gambling centre where hundreds of people were forced to run scams.

Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo gets life on trafficking charges: prosecutor

A PHILIPPINE court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prose...

Tan Kheng Yeow diverted nearly S$1 million to create a false appearance of active trading in KTL Global shares.

KTL Global ex-CEO Tan Kheng Yeow jailed two years eight months for S$1m CBT

Tan used the funds to support false trading scheme, for which he was jailed for eight months in 2024

Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police.

2 Singaporean men deported from Thailand, Cambodia to be charged with alleged scam-related offences

Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore

Authorities allege Prince Group’s founder Chen Zhi was running a transnational criminal organisation.

Cambodia’s Prince Group denies link to scams after asset seizures

The company said in a statement it rejects the claims that its chairman Chen Zhi amassed his fortune running an internet scam empire

Su Binghai had purchased nine luxury central London apartments for $27 million just one week after he fled Singapore.

S$3 billion money laundering case: Two suspects on the run spent S$70 million on UK properties

One of the suspects, Su Binghai, bought nine apartments in London just a week after he escaped police raids.