5 Gurkha Contingent officers ran illegal money transfer services; 1 case involved nearly $3m

[Nanodick]

5 Gurkha Contingent officers ran illegal money transfer services; 1 case involved nearly $3m​

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent
UPDATED

SEP 05, 2024, 08:52 PM

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SINGAPORE – Five officers from the Gurkha Contingent (GC) operated unlawful cross-border money transfer services, with each man’s case involving between $103,473 and more than $2.86 million.
They were given jail sentences on Sept 5 after they pleaded guilty to charges under the Payment Services Act (PSA).
Sitaram Tamang’s case involved over $2.86 million in total, and he was handed the stiffest sentence of five months’ jail.

The 40-year-old man had pleaded guilty to a charge under the PSA involving nearly $1.6 million. Three other charges linked to the remaining amount were considered during sentencing.
Dik Bahadur Gurung, 32, was sentenced to 14 weeks’ jail after he pleaded guilty to two charges relating to more than $1 million in total.
Ganga Prasad Rai, 43, pleaded guilty to two charges involving more than $600,000 and was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail.

Ashok Kumar Thapa Magar, 39, and Mingmar Sherpa, 44, each pleaded guilty to one charge under the PSA.

 

[steffychun]

Not as terrible as GJH.

 

[bobby]

This is a victimless crime….please move on.

 

[Chase]

“(Mingmar) knew that Pema’s actions were wrong and had advised his wife not to continue her conduct. However, Pema continued to persist,” Mr Tan said. Mingmar’s wife, who is also Nepalese, emigrated to Canada in December 2022 and is still based there.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...nsed-cross-border-money-transfers-spf-4589181

I think they are not common Nepalese Gurkhas households. The wife was rich enough to qualify for Canadian citizenship.

 

[millim6868]

Lol,even gurkas are leeches