SINGAPORE – A 27-year-old Malaysian man who is alleged to be the mastermind of a scam and money laundering syndicate operating in Singapore was arrested on Sept 22.
In a statement on the same day, the police said the man, nicknamed “Da Xiang”, was allegedly responsible for recruiting and coordinating Malaysians to carry out government official impersonation scams here.
The Royal Malaysia Police arrested him in Malaysia on Sept 22 and handed him over to the Singapore police.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Da Xiang had physically met with at least four Malaysian runners on multiple occasions in Malaysia, assigned tasks, coordinated ATM withdrawals, and disbursed their earnings from these jobs.
Under his instructions, the runners brought gold items collected from scam victims during their assignments back to Johor Bahru and handed them over to him, the police said.
He is believed to be responsible for laundering at least $500,000 in scam and illicit proceeds.
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