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SINGAPORE \u2013 A man out on bail pending his appeal against his conviction and jail sentence for offences <\/p>\n linked to collapsed German payments company Wirecard<\/p>\n <\/a> had his bail revoked on March 11.<\/p>\n Briton James Henry O\u2019Sullivan, 51, is now in remand, and he appeared in court via video link from the Central Police Division.<\/p>\n O\u2019Sullivan was <\/p>\n sentenced to 6\u00bd years\u2019 jail <\/p>\n <\/a>in January after he was convicted of five counts of falsification of accounts linked to Wirecard.<\/p>\n He was then released on $300,000 bail pending his appeal against his conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n However, he was arrested on March 9, as he was believed to have broken, or likely to break, his bail conditions, Deputy Public Prosecutor Gordon Oh told the court on March 11.<\/p>\n Among the conditions were that O\u2019Sullivan must not commit any offences while out on bail, and he must surrender his travel document.<\/p>\n Urging the court to revoke bail, DPP Oh said that a review of the Briton\u2019s mobile phone seized on March 9 found images of two passports bearing his name and photograph.<\/p>\n The images showed a Republic of Vanuatu passport and a United Kingdom passport.<\/p>\n The latter travel document had a different passport number from O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s UK passport that had been impounded by the Commercial Affairs Department since 2020. <\/p>\n The browser tabs and bookmarks on his seized mobile devices also showed that he had been doing research on accommodation in Vanuatu.<\/p>\n O\u2019Sullivan had also made inquiries on matters involving extradition to Singapore.<\/p>\n DPP Oh told the court that these showed O\u2019Sullivan had an intent to abscond.<\/p>\n The prosecutor said that the Briton was a flight risk, stressing that he has no roots, family or job in Singapore.<\/p>\n O\u2019Sullivan is represented by a team led by lawyer Tito Shane Isaac, who told the court that he needed time to take instructions from his client on the next steps.<\/p>\n The lawyer said that he could not consent to the bail being revoked.<\/p>\n After hearing both sides, District Judge Ng Cheng Thiam revoked O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s bail, adding that there was evidence to believe that he is a flight risk.<\/p>\n The case will be mentioned again in court on March 18.<\/p>\n A district court had earlier found O\u2019Sullivan and Singaporean R. Shanmugaratnam, 59, guilty of offences linked to\u00a0Wirecard in September 2025 after a trial.<\/p>\n They were both handed jail sentences in January, but indicated that they planned to appeal against their convictions and sentences.<\/p>\n Shanmugaratnam\u00a0<\/p>\n was convicted of 13 counts of falsification of accounts linked to nearly \u20ac1.1 billion<\/p>\n <\/a> (S$1.6 billion) purportedly held in escrow for\u00a0Wirecard and its related firms. He was sentenced to 10 years\u2019 jail.<\/p>\n O\u2019Sullivan had abetted Shanmugaratnam to issue five of the letters in March 2017.<\/p>\n In earlier proceedings, the court heard that from 2016 to 2018, Shanmugaratnam, who was then a director of Citadelle Corporate Services, issued 13 balance confirmation letters.<\/p>\n The documents falsely confirmed to\u00a0Wirecard\u00a0AG, its related companies WCUKI and Cardsystems, as well as their auditors, that Citadelle held nearly \u20ac1.1 billion in escrow for the\u00a0Wirecard\u00a0entities across three financial years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Escrow is an arrangement where a neutral third party holds money or assets on behalf of two parties until agreed conditions are fulfilled. This service can support transactions such as mergers and acquisitions in capital markets.<\/p>\n