16-year-old youth among 13 arrested for alleged involvement in banking-related malware scams in Singapore

The scammers also told the victims via phone calls and text messages to turn on accessibility services on their Android phones. - PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Thirteen people, including a 16-year-old youth, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the recent spate of banking-related malware scam cases.

Preliminary investigations showed that 10 of the 13 suspects, aged between 16 and 27, had allegedly facilitated the scam cases by sharing their bank accounts, Internet banking credentials and/or disclosing Singpass credentials for monetary gains.