Man jailed 15 months over phishing scams involving OCBC customers


Jovan Soh Jun Yan and his accomplices provided at least 16 bank accounts to the syndicates in Telegram group chats. - ST

SINGAPORE: A man linked to phishing scams that caused hundreds of OCBC Bank customers to lose around S$12.8 million in total was sentenced to a year and three months’ jail on Feb 29.

Jovan Soh Jun Yan, 21, had admitted in earlier proceedings that he had worked with others to provide money laundering services.

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