SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Bloomberg): Lim Beng Kim, a former chief financial officer of commodities firm Agritrade International Pte, was sentenced to 20 years jail in Singapore for defrauding over a dozen banks and causing almost US$500 million (RM2.1 billion) in losses.
The sentencing took into account mitigating factors outlined by Lim’s lawyers, namely that she didn’t do it for personal greed and she wasn’t the mastermind, District Judge Kow Keng Siong said Tuesday. She pleaded guilty in December.
