Crime
Singapore police seize over S$539,000, freeze 176 bank accounts in anti-scam operation
The resulting investigations involve 176 individuals aged between 16 and 85
From stealing electricity to heat shielding: Why some go to great lengths to mine Bitcoin
In spite of its price swings, the digital currency remains attractive enough for some miners to break the law to obtain it
Singapore police investigating 268 suspected scammers, money mules linked to more than S$4.66 million in losses
Those found guilty of cheating can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined
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 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
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
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
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...
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
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
