deported from Cambodia and Thailand
for allegedly being part of a Cambodia-based organised criminal group, were charged on Nov 17.
Wayne Soh You Chen, 27, and Brian Sie Eng Fa, 32, who appeared in court via video link, were each handed a charge under the Organised Crime Act.
They are accused of facilitating the commission of a serious offence – cheating – linked to an organised criminal group, whose victims lost at least $41 million across 438 cases.
The two men are said to have committed their offences in Cambodia on or around Sept 9.
Court documents stated that they were allegedly scam callers in a call centre at the time.
The Phnom Penh-based syndicate allegedly ran government official impersonation scams targeting victims in Singapore, and the pair were among
34 suspects wanted
by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) for being part of the group.
Soh and Sie were nabbed by foreign police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Khon Kaen, Thailand, respectively, said SPF in a statement on Nov 16. They were deported to Singapore that day and arrested.
