commercial crime

MP, lawyers and businessmen lose over $10m in investment 'scam' Singaporean investors file police report against HK businessman over alleged scam. Mon, May 28, 2012 AsiaOne SINGAPORE - A group of more than 20 investors are crying foul after investing more than $10 million in a Hong...

Certified public accountant fined for under reporting income Posted: 13 April 2012 1235 hrs SINGAPORE: A certified public accountant has to pay a total of about S$55,760 in penalties and fines for under-reporting his income. 66-year-old Freddie Chin Kek Khiong was in the business of...

Profitable Plots directors charged with cheating The three were each accused of authorising an unidentified agent of Profitable Plots to mislead investors into thinking their funds 'would be used exclusively to finance the purchase of Boron CLS Bond that had purportedly been pre-sold to major...

Singapore banker detained in China Miss Eden Wu Yidian and her American fiance, Mr Jason David Tan, who are engaged and had planned to get married in Singapore on Mar 24. AsiaOne Saturday, Mar 17, 2012 A Singaporean banker working in Shanghai as a relationship manager for Standard Chartered...

Saturday, Aug 06, 2011 AFP <tbody> Rogue trader Nick Leeson finally tells boss 'sorry' LONDON - Rogue trader Nick Leeson for the first time told his old boss "sorry" for single-handedly bringing down Barings Bank, in a face-to-face meeting to be broadcast Sunday. Peter Norris told...