Trio jailed for crimes linked to scam syndicate; 6 victims cheated of cash, valuables worth over $1m

Koh and Ng, who was his friend, travelled to Malaysia the following month to meet the pair.

The men found out that Ah Wei was working for a scam syndicate and reported to a person known only as “Juice”, a Malaysian running a scam call centre in Cambodia.

Ah Wei was running his own cell as part of this syndicate and had just returned from Cambodia to meet them.

However, Koh and Ng did not want to work in Cambodia as the minimum commitment period was three months.

In May 2025, Ah Wei messaged Koh and told him about a “collection job” in Singapore.

It involved picking up cash and valuables from one location and delivering them to another place.

Koh was promised a 2 per cent commission of the total amount he collected.

Koh contacted Ng, who roped in Young.

The DPP said Ah Wei later sent Koh the details of each day’s collection job.

Ng would drive Young to each pick-up location.

There, Young would collect the cash or other items from an individual.

After that, Ng would drive Young to another location for Young to hand over the cash and valuables to a syndicate member.

An unknown person working for the syndicate would approach Young and show him a banknote with a certain serial number.

If the serial number matched the one which was provided earlier, Young would hand over the items to the unknown person.

In May and June 2025, Young collected cash and valuables worth over $1.1 million from the six victims.

Koh and Ng each retained at least $5,000 in profits from this scheme, while Young earned $700.

None of the items have been recovered.