Money mule jailed 4 1/2 years for laundering $855,000
Published on Jan 03, 2013
By Khushwant Singh
In April, US$2.7 million (S$3.3 million) was drawn out of the account of Ms Joaquina Rodrigues at the Crown Bank in the United States by fraudsters using forged e-mails and wire transfer authorisation forms.
These monies were transferred to bank accounts in Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai.
The Singapore connection to this scheme was jailed for 4 1/2 years on Thursday for his role in laundering the $855,000 that was sent here.
A district court heard that Stephen Lim Ee Tak, 46, befriended Ms Julie Hasler, an Australian, through a dating website last March.
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