Girl, 49, arrested in S’pore over alleged ‘Fun Coffee’ Ponzi scheme; 1 sufferer misplaced about S$400,000 – Mothership.SG

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The platform is purportedly based mostly in Vietnam.

August 08, 2026, 05:27 PM

A 49-year-old lady was arrested on Aug. 6 in reference to an ongoing police investigation into an alleged funding scheme linked to the “Fun Coffee” platform.

The platform is purportedly based mostly in Vietnam and has an outlet in Jalan Besar.

Alleged funding scheme

In a information launch on Aug. 8, the Singapore Police Force mentioned the lady had actively promoted the funding scheme and recruited others to affix.

To take part, customers had been instructed to obtain the “Fun Coffee” software and switch Tether (USDT), a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. greenback, to digital pockets addresses offered by means of the app.

Users might subscribe to varied funding plans obtainable on the applying, which promised “unrealistically” excessive returns.

They had been additionally provided further commissions for recruiting new members.

Police mentioned individuals in Singapore had been subsequently unable to withdraw their funds by means of the applying.

The lady was arrested for allegedly selling or collaborating in a multi-level advertising and marketing or pyramid promoting scheme, or holding herself out as doing so, underneath Section 3 of the Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act 1973.

If convicted, she faces a jail time period of as much as 5 years, a superb of as much as S$200,000, or each.

On its Singapore web site, Fun Coffee describes itself as “a lifestyle brand combining coffee, wellness and digital innovation into a community experience”.

It operates a café that includes a coffee-making robotic at 202 Jalan Besar, and claims to have property of over US$1 billion and a staff of over 5,000.

Arrests made in Hong Kong and Macau

The arrest in Singapore comes after authorities in Hong Kong and Macau arrested eight folks allegedly linked to Fun Coffee, in response to an earlier report by the South China Morning Post.

More than 220 complaints had been lodged after the Fun Coffee software abruptly went offline on Jul. 20.

In whole, victims reported losses of HK$94 million (S$15.3 million).

Singapore investor says she misplaced about S$400,000

Various traders in Singapore have since filed police reviews over the scheme.

Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, a 48-year-old lady mentioned she had invested about S$400,000 within the scheme.

She mentioned she was first launched to Fun Coffee by a good friend in June 2025, who shared movies of the occasions organised by the corporate.

In September 2025, she mentioned she was advised she might earn S$100 by bringing 10 pals to an organization “fun run”, and that every attendee would additionally obtain S$50.

Following the occasion, she downloaded the applying and began investing.

According to the lady, she initially acquired about S$10,000 in returns, which she reinvested into the scheme.

However, on Jul. 21, considered one of her pals, who is predicated in Hong Kong, knowledgeable her that withdrawals had been now not attainable.

Three days later, she encountered the identical difficulty, prompting her to lodge a police report.

“I feel very guilty, because I introduced (my friends and family members) to this. I even invested all the money from my business (into the app).”

“I now have about $80 left in my bank account. I don’t know what to do,” she was quoted as saying.

Public suggested to not make additional funds to the scheme

The Singapore police urged members of the general public to not make any additional funds or transfers to the scheme, even when approached by people claiming to symbolize Fun Coffee or by means of requests made by way of the applying.

They additionally suggested the general public to train warning earlier than making funding choices.

This contains avoiding transfers to non-public or unregistered accounts, and conducting unbiased checks on any funding alternative earlier than committing funds.