RM103mil luxury goods scam: Couple charged, husband says 'our mistake' to flee Singapore


Singaporean Pi Jiapeng and his Thai wife Pansuk Siriwipa being led to a police car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Aug 11, 2022. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): The couple allegedly involved in a luxury goods scam, related to undelivered items worth S$32mil (RM103mil), were in court on Friday afternoon (Aug 12).

Pi Jiapeng, 26, and his 27-year-old Thai wife Pansuk Siriwipa were each handed three charges – two for cheating and one charge of leaving Singapore illegally.

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