Fraud

Liquidators lose appeal to sue StanChart, BSI over dodgy 1MDB deals

The appellants are pursuing other ‘workarounds’, such as winding up the relevant entities involved

On Monday, Taiwan put 33 luxury cars, including Ferraris, up for auction after they were seized as part of the investigation.

Taiwan indicts 62 over suspected scam centre operator Prince Group

The transnational scam industry has emerged in South-east Asia during the pandemic

Should local directors be expected to personally bankroll forensic audits? Rather than stopping fraud, such expectations may scare away the best local talent.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Empower the sentinel: use regulatory funds to bridge investigation gap

By using the money collected from ‘bad actors’ to fund the investigations of misconduct, we create a self-sustaining ecosystem

With digital scams on a steep rise, organisations must enhance identity verification methods while ensuring privacy protection.
THE BROAD VIEW

Why NRIC authentication is flawed – and what’s the alternative?

New security layers are essential when a single data breach can trigger a cascading impact across banks and providers of critical services

Under the new disclosure-based regime led by Singapore Exchange Regulation, boards no longer have the luxury of handling such discoveries quietly.

Corporate investigations: a test of mettle for Singapore boards

How directors respond to allegations of misconduct can signal leadership and restore trust

In September 2023, Huang Yiwen, Goh Jin Hian and two others were handed more than 130 charges related to false trading offences.

Convicted market maker Huang Yiwen testifies to ‘marking the close’ at Goh Jin Hian’s criminal trial

GTC is a commercial market maker that New Silkroutes had engaged to help ensure there was enough liquidity in the markets

French restaurant Claudine has reported and taken down several fraudulent third-party websites.

F&B scams in Singapore: More fake restaurant websites take bookings, online orders 

[SINGAPORE] More scams have hit the F&B industry this festive season, putting several affected business operators on high alert to minimise damage.

A room set up to imitate a Singapore police station, including fake Singapore police uniforms, inside a compound in O'Smach used for scam operations.

Scammers’ abandoned Cambodia compound exposes brutality and banality of fraud

Abandoned compounds expose scam scripts, target profiles and rooms staged as police stations

Rajput abruptly stepped down from his position at Biofourmis Holdings in August 2023.

Former Biofourmis CEO to be charged over alleged fraud and falsified invoices worth US$16.5 million

BT understands the accused to be the healthcare startup’s founder and former chief executive Kuldeep Singh Rajput

Truong My Lan, who rose from selling make-up and hair accessories to become one of the nation’s most influential property executives, is facing decades behind bars.

Vietnam to sell tycoon Truong My Lan’s yacht and Hermes bags to pay for fraud

Apart from imprisonment, Lan has to pay about US$27 billion in reparations