14 years jail for man linked to largest fraud of Singapore govt funds


SkillsFuture Singapore had been duped into disbursing the amount as subsidies linked to skills training courses. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man who helped a syndicate to launder about S$40 million – a sum which the prosecution said was the largest fraud of government funds to date – was sentenced on Wednesday (May 31) to 13 years and nine months’ jail.

David Lim Wee Hong, 44, committed the offences between Sept 7 and Nov 1, 2017.

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