Overview
- Singapore charged three additional suspects on Sept 12, bringing to 15 the number accused of belonging to a locally linked organised criminal group.
- The latest charges follow a Sept 9 cross-border operation where Cambodian and Singapore police raided sites in Phnom Penh and across Singapore, leading to 12 arrests.
- Investigators seized more than S$2.5 million from bank and cryptocurrency accounts, along with 53 devices, scam scripts and victim records.
- Police say the syndicate is linked to at least 330 cases that used bank-employee calls handing victims to a fake official who ordered funds transferred.
- Authorities report that more members remain at large and that a separate two-week sweep identified 274 suspected scammers and money mules tied to over S$6.4 million in losses.