Penny stock crash mastermind John Soh jailed 36 years, co-conspirator Quah gets 20 years


SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): John Soh Chee Wen, the mastermind of Singapore’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that wiped out nearly S$8 billion in market value in October 2013, on Wednesday (Dec 28) was sentenced to 36 years in jail, while his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling was handed 20 years.

Both are appealing their sentences.

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