Fraud

BROKERS’ TAKE

Aletheia Capital downgrades Wilmar to ‘sell’, cuts target to S$2.50 on legal woes

China contributes more than half of the agribusiness group’s earnings

Wilmar’s position is that Yunnan Huijia is attempting to implicate Guangzhou Yihai to shift responsibility for the losses.

Wilmar’s China subsidiary lodges appeal over contract fraud case

[SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of Wilmar International has lodged an appeal in a Chinese court, after it was found guilty of contract fraud and ordered to bear losses amounting to 1.88 billion yuan (S$345.6...

Hong Qi Yu is the founder and CEO of AmazingTech, the operating entity behind Tokenize; the claimants argue that he has misled them on various licence statuses.

‘Lost their life savings’: Tokenize Xchange users sue founder and wife for over S$60 million in lost crypto assets

The firm owes its customers about S$266.3 million but has only S$2.6 million in realisable assets, interim judicial manager report reveals

Jho Low (left) and Chen Zhi pulled off colossal financial crimes because the system was flawed.
THINKING ALOUD

Jho Low, Chen Zhi: Two fugitives, two ecosystems

These high-profile frauds expose an uneasy truth about financial oversight in South-east Asia

The claimaints against Standard Chartered are Alsen Chance Holdings, Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners and Brightstone Jewellery.

Singapore court clears way for US$2.7 billion suit against StanChart in 1MDB scandal-linked claim

Claims involve an alleged US$150 million deposit to Najib Razak and US$77 million for his wife Rosmah Mansor’s bags and jewellery

Wilmar asserts that the court’s factual determinations, adoption of evidence and application of law were “erroneous”.

Wilmar China unit found guilty of contract fraud; will appeal against court decision

It has been found to be jointly liable for 1.88 billion yuan in losses

People should be allowed to sue platforms for full reimbursement of costs they incur from being tricked by the fraudulent advertisements they publish.

We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud

Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them

The scam and fraud claims against digital banks represent a small percentage of total claims against all financial institutions, but there is an increasing trend.

Fraud and scam claims against digital banks in Singapore on the rise

The banking industry, together with regulators and other stakeholders like the telcos, has stepped up the fight against scams

The strike force will target US-based infrastructure that facilitates the scams, including Internet service provider and social media accounts used by scammers, according to the US Justice Department.

US ‘Strike Force’ to combat scam centres in South-east Asia

The task force will probe and disrupt major schemes that defraud Americans of nearly US$10 billion a year

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.