Police examine 313 Scammers And Cash Mules In Island-Extensive Enforcement Operation

Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven Police Land Divisions performed a two-week operation between 18 April and eight May 2025. A complete of 100 girls and 213 males, aged between 15 and 80, are helping in investigations for his or her suspected involvement in scams as scammers or cash mules. The individuals are believed to be concerned in additional than 1,200 instances of scams, comprising primarily good friend impersonation scams, funding scams, job scams, e-commerce scams, authorities official impersonation scams and rental scams, the place victims reportedly misplaced over $11.9 million.
 
The individuals are being investigated for the alleged offences of dishonest, cash laundering or offering fee providers and not using a licence. The offence of dishonest underneath Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871 carries an imprisonment time period of as much as 10 years and a superb. The offence of cash laundering underneath the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 carries an imprisonment time period of as much as 10 years, a superb of as much as $500,000, or each. The offence of carrying on a enterprise to offer any sort of fee service in Singapore and not using a licence underneath Section 5 of the Payment Services Act 2019 carries a superb of as much as $125,000, an imprisonment time period of as much as three years, or each. 
 
The Police take a critical stance towards any one that could also be concerned in scams, and perpetrators will likely be handled in accordance with the regulation. To keep away from being an confederate to crimes, members of the general public ought to at all times reject requests by others to make use of your checking account or cell strains as you may be held accountable if these are linked to crimes.

For extra info on scams, members of the general public can go to www.scamshield.gov.sg or name the ScamShield Helpline at 1799. Anyone with info on such scams might name the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit info on-line at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness. All info will likely be saved strictly confidential.