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The High Court has established a stricter sentencing framework for "silent" company directors - that is, individuals who...
08/05/2025

The High Court has established a stricter sentencing framework for "silent" company directors - that is, individuals who assume directorship only in name while neglecting their duties as officers of the company. This arose out of a case where such a director was convicted for allowing his company to be used for illicit financial activities.

The revised sentencing framework underscores the gravity of such misconduct, and aims to deter the considerable harm potentially arising therefrom.

Read more here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/silent-company-director-money-laundering-sentence-jail-high-court-5109361

A director who made a business out of incorporating companies while not exercising oversight of them was sentenced to jail after the prosecution appealed against an earlier fine.

A clinic assistant was sentenced to 14 months’ jail for cheating over 509 patients of more than S$55,000 by replacing th...
22/04/2025

A clinic assistant was sentenced to 14 months’ jail for cheating over 509 patients of more than S$55,000 by replacing the clinic’s official PayNow QR code with that of her own bank account, as well as providing patients with her own PayNow number for payment of medical bills. She had also changed her PayNow display name to that of the clinic's doctor to avoid suspicion.

Read more here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/jail-for-clinic-assistant-who-replaced-payment-qr-code-with-hers-cheating-509-patients-of-55k?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=sttg%EF%BB%BF

Amira Nur Hudah Mohamed gambled away the money on an unlicensed gambling website, said the prosecutor. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The High Court acquitted a 60-year-old woman of charges against her for abusing her domestic helpers and overturned her ...
25/02/2025

The High Court acquitted a 60-year-old woman of charges against her for abusing her domestic helpers and overturned her earlier conviction after identifying significant inconsistencies in the domestic helpers' testimonies.

Notably, the judge found several inconsistencies in relation to key aspects of the factual assertions underlying the charges against her. These inconsistencies were deemed to have undermined the prosecution's case, and rendered the evidence insufficient to prove the prosecution's case beyond reasonable doubt.

Read more here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/woman-acquitted-of-maid-abuse-after-high-court-finds-inconsistencies-weakened-helpers-evidence

A 60-year-old woman who was handed 10 months’ jail in 2023 for abusing two of her domestic workers in her Sentosa Cove home succeeded in her appeal on Feb 14 and was acquitted of the charges she faced. In overturning the conviction of Ms Tan Lee Hoon, High Court judge Aidan Xu set out multiple unr...

A Singaporean woman was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment for her involvement as a money mule in a U.S. phishing scam...
13/01/2025

A Singaporean woman was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment for her involvement as a money mule in a U.S. phishing scam. Close to S$4.8 million had passed through bank accounts in her name, including that of a company in which she had provided her SingPass credentials for herself to be registered as the locally resident director. The funds, suspected to be proceeds from the scam, were transferred into these accounts in multiple tranches before quickly being dissipated to various other accounts.

The accused pleaded guilty to three charges: possessing suspected criminal benefits, providing unauthorized access to a bank account, and failing to diligently discharge her duties as a company director.

Read more here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/jail-money-mule-who-had-almost-s48-million-suspected-be-us-phishing-scam-4844846

The 34-year-old woman was just out of prison and in need of money when a person offered her S$60,000 a year to register companies with her SingPass account.

A man involved in a transnational crime syndicate ("Lim") was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months' imprisonment after plea...
05/12/2024

A man involved in a transnational crime syndicate ("Lim") was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of handling the benefits of criminal conduct amounting to $125,000. Four other charges were also considered during sentencing.

Lim was first introduced to the China-based group known as "OpenPay" sometime in 2023, having been offered a job which involved collecting money in Singapore and converting the same into cryptocurrency. Lim would then remit 99% of these sums to OpenPay's cryptocurrency wallet and retain the remaining 1% as his commission for the transaction.

In total, Lim assisted in cheating two Singaporean victims of a sum totalling S$501,151, for which he received around RM10,000 (S$3,000) as commission.

During the trial, Lim's lawyers emphasised his cooperation with the authorities, and how this had been instrumental in resolving the case.

Read more here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/jail-for-man-who-came-to-singapore-to-collect-more-than-427k-from-2-scam-victims?utm_campaign=stfb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawGqPeFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc0bf5VosATPoZEBF_Zv67S59zhEoZ1wYNEftZLH0O067k8-7ZMwg9yMXQ_aem_E5BFf5olZ70GMpz_uvu4EQ

He received around RM10,000 (S$3,000) as “commissions”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon has reported a significant trend toward the use of the simplified track in divorce proceed...
14/11/2024

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon has reported a significant trend toward the use of the simplified track in divorce proceedings in Singapore. It was shared during the recent Asian Family Conference that two-thirds of divorce cases in 2023 were uncontested, with parties opting for the simplified track where parties mutually agree on all aspects of the divorce and ancillary issues such as children's issues and maintenance.

Read more here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/2-in-3-divorces-in-2023-were-uncontested-after-launch-of-simplified-track-in-2015

CJ Menon said the simplified track, a much quicker and less costly process, has been a “resounding success”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two siblings successfully obtained personal protection orders ("PPO") against each other.The brother had applied for a P...
05/11/2024

Two siblings successfully obtained personal protection orders ("PPO") against each other.

The brother had applied for a PPO and partial domestic exclusion order against his sister on the basis of her repeatedly entering his bedroom late in the night to clean it. He found this to be invasive and distressing, to the extent that it had even led to him being admitted to the Institute of Mental Health on multiple occasions.

On the other hand, the sister's application stemmed from an altercation between the siblings, triggered by the same issue, during which she was assaulted by the brother.

The judge granted both applications, satisfied that the respective courses of conduct of each sibling sufficed to constitute acts of family violence, and that a PPO was necessary in the particular circumstances of this case.

Read more here: https://cna.asia/3YrdlER

The sister was also granted a personal protection order against her brother, who had assaulted her over her actions.

Two individuals implicated in a corruption case involving the purported bribery of a former Land Transport Authority dir...
18/10/2024

Two individuals implicated in a corruption case involving the purported bribery of a former Land Transport Authority director were acquitted of their charges.

A key point leading to their acquittal was the trial judge's finding that statements taken by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) were unreliable and inaccurate. The investigation officers were found to have selectively recorded their statements, focusing only on parts that could be interpreted as incriminating whilst omitting potentially exculpatory details.

Read more here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/2-men-acquitted-giving-bribes-lta-director-after-judge-finds-cpib-statements-inaccurate-unreliable-4672691

District Judge Soh Tze Bian found that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the two men beyond a reasonable doubt.

A 19-year-old student ("Seah") was sentenced to a six year imprisonment term for a charge of culpable homicide, after ki...
07/10/2024

A 19-year-old student ("Seah") was sentenced to a six year imprisonment term for a charge of culpable homicide, after killing his father with two knives.

Originally charged with murder, the charge was reduced on account of Seah's severe depressive disorders as well as his guilty plea.

In determining the appropriate sentence, the Court had taken into account the years of verbal and physical abuse that Seah had suffered at the hands of his father. The Defence had also raised that Seah feared for his life, believing that his father would kill him if he did not act first.

Read more here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/six-years-jail-for-man-who-slashed-and-killed-his-abusive-dad-1

A teenager slashed his abusive father twice in their Yishun flat after the 47-year-old man taunted him by calling him “ah gua” (Hokkien for transvestite) and challenging him to “chop someone with a knife”. When his father, Mr Eddie Seah, left the fifth-floor flat after the initial confrontat...

A man who physically abused his 11 year-old daughter was sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment for one charge of ill-treatm...
18/09/2024

A man who physically abused his 11 year-old daughter was sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment for one charge of ill-treatment of a child under the Children and Young Persons Act. The mother of the child was also sentenced to an imprisonment term of 10 months for having stood by and failing to take steps to protect the child during the occasions of abuse.

In ascribing these sentences, the judge had also taken into account the fact that the victim was especially vulnerable due to her special needs.

Read more here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/jail-for-man-who-abused-11-year-old-girl-with-special-needs-while-her-mother-watched

 A man who slapped and hit his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter with a leather belt while the child’s mother stood by and watched was sentenced on Sept 17. The man was sentenced to a year’s jail while the victim’s mother was handed a 10-month sentence. The couple, both 36, cannot be named ...

Amendments to the Family Justice Act 2014 are set to come into force later this year alongside the new Family Justice Ru...
06/09/2024

Amendments to the Family Justice Act 2014 are set to come into force later this year alongside the new Family Justice Rules. The amendments have been introduced with a view to promoting a more judge-led approach, allowing judges to have greater control over the pace and direction of proceedings.

Read more here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/courts-to-get-more-powers-to-bar-applications-that-hurt-childs-welfare-in-divorce-cases

The courts will be given more powers to bar applications that are without merit and that may harm a child’s welfare or unnecessarily delay divorce proceedings when amendments to the Family Justice Act 2014 kick in later this year. Lawyers say examples of such unmeritorious applications include mul...

Owing to a misinterpretation of a term of the trust, monies held on trust for descendants of a wealthy trader were erron...
23/08/2024

Owing to a misinterpretation of a term of the trust, monies held on trust for descendants of a wealthy trader were erroneously distributed for nearly 20 years. Some beneficiaries were receiving money beyond their entitlement, while others received less than their rightful share.

In an unprecedented ruling by our local courts, the High Court held that a trustee who has made over-payments to a beneficiary has a right and duty to recoup the over-payment, and may do so by adjusting future payments to the overpaid beneficiary. In the circumstances, the court approved of the trustees' proposed plan to recoup and redistribute an estimated S$1.18 million to the underpaid beneficiaries.

Read more here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/spore-court-allows-trustee-to-recoup-118m-in-income-that-was-overpaid-to-trust-beneficiaries

For almost two decades, many descendants of a wealthy Arab trader who lived in Singapore in the early 1900s received more money than they should be getting from the family trust he set up. Conversely, other beneficiaries received less than they should be getting. The trust was established by Yemen-b...

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