SINGAPORE – One more member of a transnational scam gang led by two Singaporean brothers has been charged over facilitating the gang’s activities.
On May 6, Ngiam Siow Jui, 30, was handed one charge under the Organised Crime Act over allegedly being a scam caller in a call centre that targeted and cheated victims in Singapore.
He is to be remanded for another week for investigations, during which he may be taken along on a raid to recover an exhibit, the prosecutor said.
Ngiam, a Singapore national, is accused of being a member of a Singapore-led scam operation out of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, which is believed to be linked to at least 535 reported scam cases in which victims lost a total of around $53 million.
The police said on May 5 that Ngiam was arrested by the Cambodian National Police in Phnom Penh before being repatriated to Singapore on May 4.
