SINGAPORE – The prosecution has asked that no bail be offered to one of the two Singaporean men charged with being a scam caller in a Cambodia-based scam syndicate.
At a court mention on Dec 1 for Wayne Soh You Chen, 27, a police prosecutor said this was because his charge under the Organised Crime Act (OCA) is non-bailable, and he is of a high flight risk.
The police prosecutor added that Soh had strong links with the syndicate’s masterminds.
He said: “There’s also reason to believe that the syndicate leaders, who are still at large, (are) likely to reach out and collude with the accused… if he is on bail.”
Soh, along with Brian Sie Eng Fa, 32, were
charged on Nov 17
with facilitating the commission of cheating, linked to an organised criminal group, whose victims lost at least $41 million across 438 cases.
Court documents state the two men were allegedly scam callers in a call centre and committed their offences in Cambodia on or around Sept 9.
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.
Their activities were disrupted during a joint operation by the SPF and the Cambodian National Police on Sept 9.
The prosecutor said Soh fled the compound before police raided it over scam activities, and he was eventually arrested and deported to Singapore.
SPF said on Nov 16 that Soh and Sie were nabbed by foreign police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Khon Kaen, Thailand, respectively.
