Malaysian who accessed 17 Singapore bank accounts for syndicate in S$4 million case gets jail
Tan Kian Hoa reported to work at a location in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru, where pre-loaded phones with details on how to log into Singapore bank accounts were ready for him.
A Malaysian man, Tan Kian Hoa, has been sentenced to eight months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy for accessing 17 Singapore bank accounts as part of a transnational syndicate. The operation, known as Operation Frontier+ III, took place in March 2025 and disrupted the syndicate through information provided by MariBank, a joint operation between Singapore Police Force and nine foreign agencies.
Tan was arrested in July and handed over to the Singapore Police Force the following day. The total amount that flowed through the 17 accounts amounted to S$3,996,971, with over S$21,000 linked to scam cases. Each day, Tan received pre-loaded phones with account details and was responsible for confirming deposits and reporting them to the syndicate via Telegram.
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