SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man accused of being the leader of an international insider trading and money laundering scheme has been arrested here, following a request in June from the US.
Ge Zhi, 33, was apprehended on July 3 and taken to the State Courts the next day, where he was ordered to be held under the Extradition Act.
The Straits Times understands the US will be filing extradition papers for him to be taken to the district court in Massachusetts.