Overview
- Police Cyber Command, supported by GovTech’s Singpass Trust & Safety team, ran an operation from Aug 21 to Aug 25 that identified the syndicate and led to two arrests on Tuesday.
- Two Malaysian men aged 25 and 47, employed at a mobile phone shop, are to be charged on Aug 27 with assisting others to retain benefits from criminal conduct.
- Investigators found more than 160 LiquidPay e‑wallets fraudulently created without owners’ knowledge that received about S$110,060 in suspected scam proceeds; all affected accounts have been frozen.
- Separately, a 21‑year‑old suspect was arrested for buying e‑wallets from work permit holders, a scheme traced since May that moved at least S$9,792 in scam funds through those accounts.
- Authorities are probing Singapore citizens and foreign work permit holders who may have voluntarily handed over Singpass credentials and warned the public never to disclose Singpass passwords or 2FA details.