{"id":83928,"date":"2026-09-11T00:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83928"},"modified":"2026-09-11T00:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:38:49","slug":"serpent-clutch-15-carat-diamond-first-look-at-forfeited-luxury-goods-from-s3b-money-laundering-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83928","title":{"rendered":"Serpent clutch, 15-carat diamond: First look at forfeited luxury goods from S$3b money laundering case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Lanigan O\u2019Keeffe said some pieces \u2013 like a rare Hermes Kelly diamond bracelet \u2013 cannot easily be bought elsewhere. The 30-carat bracelet with 263 diamonds has an estimated price of S$150,000 to S$200,000, and the highest bid was S$80,000 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the case\u2019s profile could affect buyer interest, Mr Lanigan O\u2019Keeffe said it is \u201cvery hard to predict\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 offenders, all originally from China, have since been convicted and deported after serving their sentences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s different for every different buyer. Sometimes provenance of an item can increase the value hugely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this particular case, we weren\u2019t sure what the response would be, given the nature of the case. But we\u2019ve seen a great response so far.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/3b-money-laundering-forfeited-luxury-goods-auction-hotlotz-6376011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Lanigan O\u2019Keeffe said some pieces \u2013 like a rare Hermes Kelly diamond bracelet \u2013 cannot easily be bought elsewhere. The 30-carat bracelet with 263&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ItHObNrx--\/c_crop,h_920,w_1636,x_0,y_85\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/10\/20260910_ili_auction_items_-4.jpg?itok=qQ6Uk_vi","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29834,596,17546,3262,23604,4072,6196,3656,4342,29114,29833],"class_list":["post-83928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-15carat","tag-case","tag-clutch","tag-diamond","tag-forfeited","tag-goods","tag-laundering","tag-luxury","tag-money","tag-s3b","tag-serpent","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}