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SINGAPORE: A lawyer linked to the <\/span>S$3 billion (US$2.33 billion) money laundering case<\/span> was charged on Thursday (Jul 16) with conspiring to commit forgery.<\/span><\/p>\n Julia Chan I-Fei, 61, was charged with conspiring to commit forgery in relation to the purchase of a residential property at South Beach Residences.<\/span><\/p>\n The property was purchased by the spouse of <\/span>Su Yongcan<\/span>, one of the foreign nationals involved in the major money laundering case who remain at large. Chan was also the conveyancing lawyer for the purchase by Su’s spouse of a commercial property at Amoy Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Chan allegedly conspired with an employee of a law firm to forge a know-your-client form in December 2023 in connection with the purchase of the unit at South Beach Residences.<\/span><\/p>\n Know-your-client forms are used by lawyers in a mandatory process to identify high-risk clients and transactions and safeguard against money laundering.<\/span><\/p>\n “Singapore takes a serious view of the laundering of criminal proceeds through our financial system,” said the director of the Singapore Police Force’s Commercial Affairs Department Peggy Pao.<\/span><\/p>\n “Those who help clients circumvent due diligence processes or who help clients forge documents must be dealt with robustly under our laws.”<\/span><\/p>\n