How suspects laundered billions in Singapore for years

Su Haijin had fractured his hands and legs after jumping from the second-floor balcony of his Bukit Timah home on Aug 15. - ST READER, WECHAT

SINGAPORE: Wang Dehai was already on the run when he made Singapore his home five years ago. Police in China were offering a bounty for information about him for his alleged role in an illegal gambling ring.

Once in Singapore, Wang and his wife set up a family office and he got an employment pass, giving him the right to stay in the city-state. They banked with Credit Suisse, and the couple got passports from the tax haven of Cyprus. Wang, 34, splurged on a S$23 million (US$17.2 million) condominium in the prime Orchard area and held about $2.8 million in cryptocurrency.