SINGAPORE: A woman who was a “key player” in a fraudulent scheme that offered employment passes to foreigners through sham work arrangements in exchange for “investments” has been jailed.
Wang Jue, a 43-year-old woman identified as a Singapore citizen in court documents, received 10 weeks’ jail on Tuesday (Jul 14) for conspiring to make a false statement in a declaration form for an employment pass.
She had contested the charge, but was convicted. The judge found that the investment agreement was a sham paying no real returns, with the employment pass the only tangible benefit.
One Chinese national, hoping to obtain Singapore PR status, paid S$360,000 (US$278,970) as an “investment” in what turned out to be a sham job arrangement. The company in Singapore received the “investment” in exchange for providing the Chinese national with an employment pass.
Wang was previously named in court papers in a case of another Chinese national who paid S$1 million in “investment” hoping to obtain Singapore permanent residency.
Wang had abetted two men, Zhang Qingqiao and Ang Sek Chai, to make a false statement that Zhang would be employed by Ang’s company, MW Dynamics.
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