SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A certified public accountant with over 40 years' standing misappropriated funds from various sources, including a dead person's estate, to feed overseas investments which turned out to be scams.
In total, Jerry Lee Kian Eng took more than $4.7 million, directing much of the money to bank accounts in the Philippines.
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